Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
# Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1868 | James Moncreiff | Liberal |
| | 1869 by-election | Edward Gordon | Conservative |
| | 1876 by-election | William Watson | Conservative |
| | 1880 | James Alexander Campbell | Conservative |
| | 1906 | Sir Henry Craik | Unionist |
| 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities | constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1910s

General election December 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Henry Craik | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

General election January 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Henry Craik | 4,879 | 58.9 | +9.9 |
| | Free Trader | Frederick Pollock | 3,411 | 41.1 | +24.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,468 | 17.8 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,290 | 70.8 | +2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,705 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −7.1 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Henry Craik | 3,543 | 49.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Alexander Murison | 2,450 | 33.9 | New |
| | Free Trader | W.R. Smith | 1,240 | 17.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,093 | 15.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,233 | 68.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,545 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1900: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

General election 1892: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

General election 1885: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

General election 1880: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Alexander Campbell | 2,520 | 54.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Alexander Asher | 2,139 | 45.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 381 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,659 | 78.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,969 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 14 Nov 1876: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | William Watson | 2,392 | 57.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Anderson Kirkwood | 1,788 | 42.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,180 | 77.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,389 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

* Caused by Gordon's appointment as a Lord of Appeal, becoming Lord Gordon of Drumearn.

By-election, 14 Mar 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

* Caused by Gordon's appointment as Lord Advocate.

General election 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edward Gordon | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,776 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal |

### Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 22 November 1869: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,120 | 56.7 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal | Archibald Smith | 1,616 | 43.3 | −7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,736 | 85.5 | −8.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,368 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 | |

* Caused by Moncreiff's appointment as Lord Justice Clerk and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Moncreiff.

General election 1868: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Moncreiff | 2,067 | 50.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Edward Gordon | 2,020 | 49.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,087 | 93.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,368 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
