Scottish Westminster constituencies 1708 to 1832
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
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
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
Burgh constituencies
Constituency | Contents |
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Aberdeen District
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In county of Kincardine: burgh of Inverbervie
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Anstruther District
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In |
Ayr District
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In Rothesay
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Dumfries District
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In county of Kirkcudbright: burgh of Kirkcudbright
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Dysart District
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In |
Edinburgh | In county of Edinburgh: burgh of Edinburgh
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Elgin District
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In Elgin and Cullen
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Glasgow District
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In county of Renfrew: burgh of Renfrew
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Haddington District
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In county of Roxburgh: burgh of Jedburgh
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Inverness District
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In county of Ross: burgh of Fortrose
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Linlithgow District
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In county of Selkirk: burgh of Selkirk
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Perth District | In county of Perth: burgh of Perth
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Stirling District | In county of Stirling: burgh of Stirling
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Tain District | In |
Wigtown District | In |
County constituencies
Constituency | Contents |
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Aberdeenshire | |
Argyll
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Inverary
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Ayrshire | Irvine
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Banffshire | Banff
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Berwickshire | County of Berwick except burgh of Lauder
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Buteshire Alternated with Caithness |
Rothesay
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Caithness Alternated with Buteshire |
County of Caithness except burgh of Wick
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Clackmannanshire Alternated with Kinross-shire |
County of Clackmannan
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Cromartyshire Alternated with Nairnshire |
County of Cromarty
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Dumbartonshire
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County of Dumbarton except burgh of Dumbarton
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Dumfriesshire | |
Edinburghshire
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County of Edinburgh except burgh of Edinburgh
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Elginshire | |
Fife | Anstruther Wester, Burntisland, Cupar, Crail, Dysart, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Pittenweem, Kilrenny, and St Andrews
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Forfarshire | |
Haddingtonshire | |
Inverness-shire | County of Inverness except burgh of Inverness
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Kincardineshire | County of Kincardine except burgh of Inverbervie
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Kinross-shire Alternated with Clackmannanshire |
County of Kinross
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Kirkcudbrightshire
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County of Kirkcudbright except burgh of Kirkcudbright
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Lanarkshire | |
Linlithgowshire | Queensferry
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Nairnshire Alternated with Cromartyshire |
County of Nairn except burgh of Nairn |
Orkney and Zetland
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county of Zetland
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Peeblesshire | County of Peebles except burgh of Peebles |
Perthshire | |
Renfrewshire | County of Renfrew except burgh of Renfrew
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Ross-shire | |
Roxburghshire | County of Roxburgh except burgh of Jedburgh
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Selkirkshire | County of Selkirk except burgh of Selkirk
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Stirlingshire | County of Stirling except burgh of Stirling
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Sutherland | County of Sutherland except burgh of Dornoch
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Wigtownshire |
References
- Union with Scotland Act, 1706