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As a result of the 1707 union of the
Kingdom of Scotland with the
Kingdom of England (including
Wales ) to form the
Kingdom of Great Britain , within the newly formed
Parliament of Great Britain ,
Scotland had 48
constituencies representing seats for 45
Members of Parliament (MPs) in 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
burgh constituencies and 33
county constituencies , with each representing a seat for one MP. The county constituencies included, however, three pairs of alternating constituencies , so that only one member of a pair was represented at any one time. Therefore, Scotland had more constituencies than seats. With the exception of
Edinburgh , the burgh constituencies were
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
1832 general election , Scottish Westminster constituencies were redefined by the
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 .
Burgh constituencies
Constituency
Contents
Aberdeen District
In
county of Aberdeen : burgh of
Aberdeen In
county of Forfar : burghs of
Arbroath ,
Brechin , and
Montrose In
county of Kincardine : burgh of
Inverbervie
Anstruther District
In
county of Fife : burghs of
Anstruther Easter ,
Anstruther Wester ,
Crail ,
Kilrenny , and
Pittenweem
Ayr District
In
county of Ayr : burghs of
Ayr and
Irvine In
county of Argyll : burghs of
Campbeltown and
Inverary In
county of Bute : burgh of
Rothesay
Dumfries District
In
county of Dumfries : burghs of
Annan ,
Dumfries ,
Lochmaben , and
Sanquhar 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
county of Aberdeen : burghs of
Inverurie and
Kintore In
county of Banff : burgh of
Banff In
county of Elgin : burghs of
Elgin and
Cullen
Glasgow District
In
county of Dumbarton : burgh of
Dumbarton In
county of Lanark : burghs of
Glasgow and
Rutherglen In
county of Renfrew : burgh of
Renfrew
Haddington District
In
county of Berwick : burgh of
Lauder In
county of Haddington burghs of
Dunbar ,
Haddington , and
North Berwick In
county of Roxburgh : burgh of
Jedburgh
Inverness District
In
county of Elgin : burgh of
Forres In
county of Inverness : burgh of
Inverness In
county of Nairn : burgh of
Nairn In
county of Ross : burgh of
Fortrose
Linlithgow District
In
county of Lanark : burgh of
Lanark In
county of Linlithgow : burgh of
Linlithgow In
county of Peebles : burgh of
Peebles In
county of Selkirk : burgh of
Selkirk
Perth District
In
county of Fife : burghs of
Cupar and
St Andrews In
county of Forfar : burghs of
Dundee and
Forfar In
county of Perth : burgh of
Perth
Stirling District
In
county of Fife : burghs of
Dunfermline and
Inverkeithing In
county of Linlithgow : burgh of
Queensferry In
county of Perth : burgh of
Culross In
county of Stirling : burgh of
Stirling
Tain District
In
county of Caithness : burgh of
Wick In
county of Orkney : burgh of
Kirkwall In
county of Sutherland : burgh of
Dornoch 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
County of Argyll except burghs of
Campbeltown and
Inverary
Ayrshire
County of Ayr except burghs of
Ayr and
Irvine
Banffshire
County of Banff except burgh of
Banff
Berwickshire
County of Berwick except burgh of
Lauder
Buteshire Alternated with
Caithness
County of Bute except burgh of
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
County of Dumfries except burghs of
Dumfries ,
Annan ,
Lochmaben , and
Sanquhar
Edinburghshire
County of Edinburgh except burgh of
Edinburgh
Elginshire
County of Elgin except burghs of
Elgin ,
Forres , and
Cullen
Fife
County of Fife except burghs of
Anstruther Easter ,
Anstruther Wester ,
Burntisland ,
Cupar ,
Crail ,
Dysart ,
Dunfermline ,
Inverkeithing ,
Kinghorn ,
Kirkcaldy ,
Pittenweem ,
Kilrenny , and
St Andrews
Forfarshire
County of Forfar except burghs of
Dundee ,
Forfar ,
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
County of Linlithgow except burghs of
Linlithgow and
Queensferry
Nairnshire Alternated with
Cromartyshire
County of Nairn except burgh of
Nairn
Orkney and Zetland
County of Orkney except burgh of
Kirkwall and
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