Kinross-shire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Kinross-shire |
1708–1832 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire |
Created from | Kinross-shire |
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.
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.
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.
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