Scottish Westminster constituencies 1708 to 1832

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Overview
1708 to 1832
1832 to 1868
1868 to 1885
1885 to 1918
1918 to 1950
1950 to 1955
1955 to 1974
1974 to 1983
1983 to 1997
1997 to 2005
2005 to present

As a result of the 1707 union of the

House of Commons, normally located at the Palace of Westminster. (Westminster being the meeting place for the former Parliament of England
).

Scottish Westminster constituencies, 1707–1832.

Scottish Westminster constituencies[1] were first used in the 1708 general election. Prior to that election Scotland was represented by MPs who were co-opted as commissioners of the former Parliament of Scotland.

In the Parliament of Great Britain, Scotland had 15

districts of burghs
.

1708 boundaries were used for all subsequent election of the Parliament of Great Britain.

In 1801 the Parliament of Ireland was merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also at Westminster. The first general election of the new parliament was the general election of 1802, and there was no change to the boundaries of any pre-existing Westminster constituency.

1802 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, 1830 and 1831.

For the

Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832
.

Burgh constituencies

Constituency Contents
Aberdeen District
In
county of Kincardine: burgh of Inverbervie
Anstruther District
In
Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem
Ayr District
In
Rothesay
Dumfries District
In
county of Kirkcudbright: burgh of Kirkcudbright
Dysart District
In
county of Fife: burghs of Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dysart, and Kinghorn
Edinburgh In
county of Edinburgh: burgh of Edinburgh
Elgin District
In
Elgin and Cullen
Glasgow District
In
county of Renfrew: burgh of Renfrew
Haddington District
In
county of Roxburgh: burgh of Jedburgh
Inverness District
In
county of Ross: burgh of Fortrose
Linlithgow District
In
county of Selkirk: burgh of Selkirk
Perth District In
county of Perth: burgh of Perth
Stirling District In
county of Stirling: burgh of Stirling
Tain District In
county of Ross: burghs of Dingwall and Tain
Wigtown District In
county of Wigtown: burghs of New Galloway, Stranraer, Wigtown, and Whithorn

County constituencies

Constituency Contents
Aberdeenshire
County of Aberdeen except burghs of Aberdeen, Inverurie, and Kintore
Argyll
Inverary
Ayrshire
Irvine
Banffshire
Banff
Berwickshire
County of Berwick except burgh of Lauder
Buteshire
Alternated with Caithness
Rothesay
Caithness
Alternated with Buteshire
County of Caithness except burgh of Wick
Clackmannanshire
Alternated with Kinross-shire
County of Clackmannan
Cromartyshire
Alternated with Nairnshire
County of Cromarty
Dumbartonshire
County of Dumbarton except burgh of Dumbarton
Dumfriesshire
Annan, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar
Edinburghshire
County of Edinburgh except burgh of Edinburgh
Elginshire
Elgin, Forres, and Cullen
Fife
Forfarshire
Montrose, Brechin, and Arbroath
Haddingtonshire
County of Haddington except burghs of Dunbar, Haddington, and North Berwick
Inverness-shire
County of Inverness except burgh of Inverness
Kincardineshire
County of Kincardine except burgh of Inverbervie
Kinross-shire
Alternated with Clackmannanshire
County of Kinross
Kirkcudbrightshire
County of Kirkcudbright except burgh of Kirkcudbright
Lanarkshire
County of Lanark except burghs of Glasgow, Lanark, and Rutherglen
Linlithgowshire
Queensferry
Nairnshire
Alternated with Cromartyshire
County of Nairn except burgh of Nairn
Orkney and Zetland
county of Zetland
Peeblesshire County of Peebles except burgh of Peebles
Perthshire
County of Perth except burghs of Culross and Perth
Renfrewshire
County of Renfrew except burgh of Renfrew
Ross-shire
County of Ross except burghs of Dingwall, Fortrose, and Tain
Roxburghshire
County of Roxburgh except burgh of Jedburgh
Selkirkshire
County of Selkirk except burgh of Selkirk
Stirlingshire
County of Stirling except burgh of Stirling
Sutherland
County of Sutherland except burgh of Dornoch
Wigtownshire
County of Wigtown except burghs of New Galloway, Stranraer, Wigtown, and Whithorn

References

  1. Union with Scotland Act, 1706