Stirling Burghs (Commonwealth Parliament constituency)

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Stirling Burghs
Former constituency
for the Protectorate Parliament
RegionScotland
Former constituency
Created1654
Abolished1659
Created from Scotland
Replaced by Linlithgow
Queensferry
Perth
Culross
Stirling

During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland , called the Protectorate, the Scottish burghs of Linlithgow, Queensferry, Perth, Culross and Stirling were jointly represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons at Westminster from 1654 until 1659. Elections were held at Stirling.

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Historical Context and Electoral Process

This unusual parliamentary arrangement was established under the Ordinance for uniting Scotland into one Commonwealth with England (1654), which reduced Scotland's representation to just 30 members. The grouping of these five burghs reflected Cromwell's administrative reforms that sought to streamline Scottish governance while maintaining regional representation. According to parliamentary records, elections followed the Protectorate's modified electoral procedures, with voting restricted to property-owning males in each burgh. [1]

List of Members of Parliament

References

  1. ↑ Williamson, Arthur H. (1 December 1980). "F. D. Dow. Cromwellian Scotland, 1651–1660. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers; distributed by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, N.J. 1979. Pp. xii, 361. $37.50" . The American Historical Review. 85 (5): 1199–1199. doi:10.1086/ahr/85.5.1199. ISSN   1937-5239.


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