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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918
Stirlingshire was a Scottish
county constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of Great Britain and later of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post voting system.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former
Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of
Stirlingshire .
History
The constituency elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.
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[5] For the
1918 general election it was divided into
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire and
Stirling and Clackmannan Western .
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
After scrutiny, Forbes' election was declared void and Abercromby was declared elected
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Forbes' death caused a by-election.
Blackburn was appointed a
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Noel
Elections in the 1890s
Jacks
Elections in the 1900s
Robertson
Elections in the 1910s
Chapple
Horne
General Election 1914–15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
References
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"Stirlingshire" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
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"Stirlingshire" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
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"Stirlingshire" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
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"Stirlingshire" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
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"Stirlingshire" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
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f Smith, Henry Stooks (1842).
The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 211–212. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via
Google Books .
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Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
978-1-349-02349-3 .
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b Jenkins, Terry.
"Stirlingshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ The Times
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b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
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f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
9781349022984 .
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
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^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Stirling Observer 21 Mar 1914
Sources
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire