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Berwickshire — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Berwickshire was won by Liberal at the Dec 1910 general election, with a majority of 1,005 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Berwickshire from 1832 to Dec 1910.

Full Election History, 1832–Dec 1910

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Charles Albany Marjoribanks (Whig) 478 53.8% Anthony Maitland (Conservative) 68 (7.7 pts) 84.3%
1835 Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell (Conservative) 507 61.0% Francis Blake (Whig) 183 (22.0 pts) 77.6%
1837 Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Francis Scott (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Francis Scott (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Francis Scott (Conservative) 394 56.4% David Robertson (Whig) 89 (12.7 pts) 63.4%
1859 David Robertson (Liberal) 461 51.9% John Marjoribanks (Conservative) 33 (3.7 pts) 74.0%
1865 David Robertson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 David Robertson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1874 Robert Baillie-Hamilton (Conservative) 748 52.6% William Miller (Liberal) 74 (5.2 pts) 86.1%
1880 Edward Marjoribanks (Liberal) 939 58.3% Robert Baillie-Hamilton (Conservative) 268 (16.7 pts) 88.0%
1885 Edward Marjoribanks (Liberal) 3,758 75.4% David Milne Home (Conservative) 2,533 (50.8 pts) 83.3%
1886 Edward Marjoribanks (Liberal) 2,778 70.2% Robert Henry Elliot (Liberal Unionist) 1,601 (40.5 pts) 66.1%
1892 Edward Marjoribanks (Liberal) 2,704 58.0% Charles Barrington Balfour (Conservative) 748 (16.1 pts) 82.6%
1895 Harold John Tennant (Liberal) 2,673 55.2% Charles Barrington Balfour (Conservative) 507 (10.5 pts) 87.8%
1900 Harold John Tennant (Liberal) 2,518 56.1% Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home (Conservative) 550 (12.3 pts) 81.7%
1906 Harold John Tennant (Liberal) 2,975 64.7% Fitzroy Bell (Conservative) 1,351 (29.4 pts) 83.6%
Jan 1910 Harold John Tennant (Liberal) 2,992 59.2% Henry Seton-Karr (Conservative) 932 (18.4 pts) 89.0%
Dec 1910 Harold John Tennant (Liberal) 3,005 60.0% John Beresford Campbell (Conservative) 1,005 (20.1 pts) 87.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Albany Marjoribanks Whig 47853.8% Yes
Anthony Maitland Conservative 41046.2% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell Conservative 50761.0% Yes
Francis Blake Whig 32439.0% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell Conservative Unopposed Yes

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell Conservative Unopposed Yes

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Scott Conservative Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Scott Conservative Unopposed Yes

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Scott Conservative 39456.4% Yes
David Robertson Whig 30543.6% No

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Robertson Liberal 46151.9% Yes
John Marjoribanks Conservative 42848.1% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Robertson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Robertson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Baillie-Hamilton Conservative 74852.6% Yes
William Miller Liberal 67447.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Liberal 93958.3% Yes
Robert Baillie-Hamilton Conservative 67141.7% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Liberal 3,75875.4% Yes
David Milne Home Conservative 1,22524.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Liberal 2,77870.2% Yes
Robert Henry Elliot Liberal Unionist 1,17729.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Liberal 2,70458.0% Yes
Charles Barrington Balfour Conservative 1,95642.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold John Tennant Liberal 2,67355.2% Yes
Charles Barrington Balfour Conservative 2,16644.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold John Tennant Liberal 2,51856.1% Yes
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home Conservative 1,96843.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold John Tennant Liberal 2,97564.7% Yes
Fitzroy Bell Conservative 1,62435.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold John Tennant Liberal 2,99259.2% Yes
Henry Seton-Karr Conservative 2,06040.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold John Tennant Liberal 3,00560.0% Yes
John Beresford Campbell Conservative 2,00040.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 7.7 pts 1835: Conservative margin 22.0 pts 1857: Conservative margin 12.7 pts 1859: Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1874: Conservative margin 5.2 pts 1880: Liberal margin 16.7 pts 1885: Liberal margin 50.8 pts 1886: Liberal margin 40.5 pts 1892: Liberal margin 16.1 pts 1895: Liberal margin 10.5 pts 1900: Liberal margin 12.3 pts 1906: Liberal margin 29.4 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 18.4 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 20.1 pts 1832 1835 1857 1859 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910

Trend

Berwickshire has been contested at 20 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Berwickshire in the Dec 1910 general election?

Liberal won Berwickshire in Dec 1910 with 3,005 votes (60.0%), a majority of 1,005 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Berwickshire since 1832?

Since 1832, Berwickshire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Whig.

What was the closest result in Berwickshire?

The closest result on record for Berwickshire was 1859, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 33 votes (3.7 percentage points).

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