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 |
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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.
Read more about this topic: List Of Multi-member Constituencies In The United Kingdom And Predecessor Parliaments
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