List of Multi-member Constituencies in The United Kingdom and Predecessor Parliaments - Multi-member Constituencies in Scotland

Multi-member Constituencies in Scotland

Constituency names until 1707 are followed by (Parliament of Scotland constituency). Those from 1708 are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed before the Union in 1707 were all part of the Parliament of Scotland (from a currently unestablished date until 1707). Apart from the members co-opted to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, who are treated in this list as representing Scotland as an undivided whole, there were no Scottish multi-member constituencies from 1707 until the boundary changes for the Parliament of the United Kingdom seats in 1832.

See the List of Constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union for more details, including a discussion of the possible inaccuracy of the constituency and shire names in the list.

Constituency From Until Prot <1707 1707 1832 1868 1885 1918 Historic Shire or County
Aberdeenshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Aberdeenshire
Argyllshire <1707 1707 - 3 - - - - - Argyllshire
Ayrshire <1707 1707 - 3 - - - - - Ayrshire
Banffshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Banffshire
Berwickshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Berwickshire
Buteshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Buteshire
Caithness-shire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Caithness-shire
Combined Scottish Universities 1918 1950 - - - - - - 3 various counties
Cromartyshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Cromartyshire
Dumfries and Annandale <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Dumfries & Annandale
Dunbartonshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Dunbartonshire
Dundee 1868 1950 - - - - 2 2 2 Forfarshire/Angus
Edinburgh 1832 a 1885 2 2 - 2 2 - - Edinburghshire/Midlothian
Edinburghshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Edinburghshire
Elgin and Forresshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Elgin & Forresshire
Fifeshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Fifeshire
Forfarshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Forfarshire
Glasgow 1832 1885 - - - 2 3 - - Lanarkshire
Haddingtonshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Haddingtonshire
Inverness-shire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Kincardineshire
Kirkcudbright Stewartry <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
Lanarkshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Lanarkshire
Linlithgowshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Linlithgowshire
Nairnshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Nairnshire
Orkney and Zetland <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Orkney and Zetland
Peeblesshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Peeblesshire
Perthshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Perthshire
Renfrewshire <1707 1707 - 3 - - - - - Renfrewshire
Ross-shire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Ross-shire
Roxburghshire <1707 1707 - 4 - - - - - Roxburghshire
Scotland b 1707 1708 - - 45 - - - - undivided country
Selkirkshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Selkirkshire
Stirlingshire <1707 1707 - 3 - - - - - Stirlingshire
Wigtownshire <1707 1707 - 2 - - - - - Wigtownshire

Note:-

  • a Edinburgh was allocated two seats in the Protectorate Parliaments (1654-1659). There were two commissioners from Edinburgh in the Parliament of Scotland. In 1708-1832 the city was represented by one member of the Westminster Parliament.
  • b The members for Scotland, in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, were co-opted by the last pre-Union Parliament of Scotland from amongst its elected members.

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