Kinross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832

Kinross-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

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Creation

Kinross-shire was Scotland's second-smallest county. The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kinross-shire. Kinross-shire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Clackmannanshire. The freeholders of Kinross-shire elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to one Parliament, while those of Clackmannanshire elected a Member to the next.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Kinross-shire was merged with Clackmannanshire into the single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, electing one Member between them to each Parliament.

Members of Parliament

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    Margaret Escott, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
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