Scottish Westminster constituencies 1832 to 1868 explained
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 redefined the boundaries of Scottish constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), and the new boundaries were first used in the 1832 general election.
1832 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1835, 1837, 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859 and 1865.
As a result of the legislation, there were 21 burgh constituencies and 30 county constituencies. Except for Edinburgh and Glasgow, which were two-seat constituencies, each Scottish constituency represented a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP). Therefore, Scotland had 53 parliamentary seats.
14 of the burgh constituencies were districts of burghs.
The constituencies related nominally to counties and burghs, but boundaries for parliamentary purposes were not necessarily those for other purposes.
For the 1868 general election, new boundaries were defined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868.
Burgh Constituencies
| Constituency | Nominal Contents |
|---|
| Aberdeen | |
| Ayr District | |
| Dumfries District | In county of Dumfries: burghs of Annan, Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar
In county of Kirkcudbright: burgh of Kirkcudbright |
| Dundee | In county of Forfar: burgh of Dundee |
Edinburgh
Elected two MPs | In county of Edinburgh: burgh of Edinburgh |
| Elgin District | In county of Aberdeen: burghs of Inverurie, Kintore, and Peterhead
In county of Banff: burgh of Banff
In county of Elgin: burghs of Elgin and Cullen |
| Falkirk District | In county of Lanark: burghs of Airdrie, Hamilton, and Lanark
In county of Linlithgow: burgh of Linlithgow
In county of Stirling: burgh of Falkirk |
Glasgow
Elected two MPs | In county of Lanark: burgh of Glasgow |
| Greenock | In county of Renfrew: burgh of Greenock |
| Haddington District | In 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 District | In 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 |
| Kilmarnock District | In county of Ayr: burgh of Kilmarnock
In county of Dumbarton: burgh of Dumbarton
In county of Lanark: burgh of Rutherglen
In county of Renfrew: burghs of Port Glasgow and Renfrew |
| Kirkcaldy District | In county of Fife: burghs of Burntisland, Dysart, Kinghorn, and Kirkcaldy |
| Leith District | In county of Edinburgh: burghs of Leith, Portobello and Musselburgh |
| Montrose District | In county of Forfar: burghs of Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, and Montrose
In county of Kincardine: burgh of Inverbervie |
| Paisley | In county of Renfrew: burgh of Paisley |
| Perth | In county of Perth: burgh of Perth |
| St Andrews District | In county of Fife: burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Pittenweem, Kilrenny, and St Andrews |
| Stirling District | In county of Fife: burghs of Dunfermline and Inverkeithing
In county of Linlithgow: burgh of South Queensferry
In county of Perth: burgh of Culross
In county of Stirling: burgh of Stirling |
| Wick District | In county of Caithness: burgh of Wick
In county of Cromarty: burgh of Cromarty
In county of Orkney: burgh of Kirkwall
In county of Sutherland: burgh of Dornoch
In county of Ross: burghs of Dingwall and Tain |
| Wigtown District | | |
County constituencies
| Constituency | Nominal contents |
|---|
| Aberdeenshire | County of Aberdeen except burghs of Aberdeen, Inverurie, Kintore, and Peterhead |
| Argyll | County of Argyll except burghs of Campbeltown, Inverary, and Oban |
| Ayrshire | County of Ayr except burghs of Ayr, Irvine, and Kilmarnock |
| Banffshire | County of Banff except burgh of Banff |
| Berwickshire | County of Berwick except burgh of Lauder |
| County of Bute |
| County of Caithness except burgh of Wick |
| County of Clackmannan
and county of Kinross |
| Dumbartonshire | County of Dumbarton except burgh of Dumbarton |
| Dumfriesshire | County of Dumfries except burghs of Annan, Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar |
| Edinburghshire | County of Edinburgh except burghs of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello and Musselburgh |
| Elginshire and Nairnshire | County of Elgin except burghs of Elgin, Forres, and Cullen
and county of Nairn except burgh of Nairn |
| Fife | County of Fife except burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Burntisland, Crail, Cupar, Dunfermline, Dysart, Inverkeithing, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Pittenweem, and St Andrews |
| Forfarshire | County of Forfar except burghs of Arbroath, Brechin, Dundee, Forfar, and Montrose |
| Haddingtonshire | County of Haddington except burghs of Dunbar, Haddington, and North Berwick |
| Inverness-shire | County of Inverness except burgh of Inverness |
| Kincardineshire | County of Kincardine except burgh of Inverbervie |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | County of Kirkcudbright except burgh of Kirkcudbright |
| Lanarkshire | County of Lanark except burghs of Airdrie, Glasgow, Hamilton, Rutherglen, and Lanark |
| Linlithgowshire | County of Linlithgow except burghs of Linlithgow and South Queensferry |
| Orkney and Zetland | County of Orkney except burgh of Kirkwall
and county of Zetland |
| Peeblesshire | |
| Perthshire | County of Perth except burghs of Culross and Perth |
| Renfrewshire | County of Renfrew except burghs of Greenock, Paisley, Port Glasgow, and Renfrew |
| Ross and Cromarty | County of Ross except burghs of Dingwall, Fortrose, and Tain
county of Cromarty except burgh of Cromarty |
| Roxburghshire | County of Roxburgh except burgh of Jedburgh |
| Selkirkshire | |
| Stirlingshire | County of Stirling except burghs of Falkirk and Stirling |
| Sutherland | County of Sutherland except burgh of Dornoch |
| Wigtownshire | County of Wigtown except burghs of New Galloway, Stranraer, Wigtown, and Whithorn | |
