Scottish Westminster constituencies 1708 to 1832


As a result of the 1707 union of the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England 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 in the House of Commons, normally located at the Palace of Westminster..
Scottish Westminster constituencies 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 (UK [Parliament constituency)|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

ConstituencyContents
Aberdeen DistrictIn county of Aberdeen: burgh of Aberdeen
In county of Forfar: burghs of Arbroath, Brechin, and Montrose
In county of Kincardine: burgh of Inverbervie
Anstruther DistrictIn county of Fife: burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem
Ayr DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn county of Dumfries: burghs of Annan, Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar
In county of Kirkcudbright: burgh of Kirkcudbright
Dysart DistrictIn county of Fife: burghs of Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dysart, and Kinghorn
EdinburghIn county of Edinburgh: burgh of Edinburgh
Elgin DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn county of Dumbarton: burgh of Dumbarton
In county of Lanark: burghs of Glasgow and Rutherglen
In county of Renfrew: burgh of Renfrew
Haddington DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn 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 DistrictIn county of Wigtown: burghs of New Galloway, Stranraer, Wigtown, and Whithorn

County constituencies

ConstituencyContents
AberdeenshireCounty of Aberdeen except burghs of Aberdeen, Inverurie, and Kintore
ArgyllCounty of Argyll except burghs of Campbeltown and Inverary
AyrshireCounty of Ayr except burghs of Ayr and Irvine
BanffshireCounty of Banff except burgh of Banff
BerwickshireCounty 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
DumbartonshireCounty of Dumbarton except burgh of Dumbarton
DumfriesshireCounty of Dumfries except burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar
EdinburghshireCounty of Edinburgh except burgh of Edinburgh
ElginshireCounty of Elgin except burghs of Elgin, Forres, and Cullen
FifeCounty of Fife except burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Burntisland, Cupar, Crail, Dysart, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Pittenweem, Kilrenny, and St Andrews
ForfarshireCounty of Forfar except burghs of Dundee, Forfar, Montrose, Brechin, and Arbroath
HaddingtonshireCounty of Haddington except burghs of Dunbar, Haddington, and North Berwick
Inverness-shireCounty of Inverness except burgh of Inverness
KincardineshireCounty of Kincardine except burgh of Inverbervie
Kinross-shire
Alternated with Clackmannanshire 		County of Kinross
KirkcudbrightshireCounty of Kirkcudbright except burgh of Kirkcudbright
LanarkshireCounty of Lanark except burghs of Glasgow, Lanark, and Rutherglen
LinlithgowshireCounty of Linlithgow except burghs of Linlithgow and Queensferry
Nairnshire
Alternated with Cromartyshire		County of Nairn except burgh of Nairn
Orkney and ZetlandCounty of Orkney except burgh of Kirkwall
and county of Zetland
PeeblesshireCounty of Peebles except burgh of Peebles
PerthshireCounty of Perth except burghs of Culross and Perth
RenfrewshireCounty of Renfrew except burgh of Renfrew
Ross-shireCounty of Ross except burghs of Dingwall, Fortrose, and Tain
RoxburghshireCounty of Roxburgh except burgh of Jedburgh
SelkirkshireCounty of Selkirk except burgh of Selkirk
StirlingshireCounty of Stirling except burgh of Stirling
SutherlandCounty of Sutherland except burgh of Dornoch
WigtownshireCounty of Wigtown except burghs of New Galloway, Stranraer, Wigtown, and Whithorn