Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918.
From 1708 to 1832 they were paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.
From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.
From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1708 William Dalrymple
- 1710 Mungo Graham
- 1711 Sir John Malcolm
- 1713 Sir John Erskine
- 1715 William Douglas
- 1722 Sir John Shaw
- 1727 John Hope
- 1734 James Erskine
- 1741 Sir John Bruce Hope
- 1747 Thomas Erskine
- 1754 Robert Colvile
- 1761 James Abercromby
- 1768 Robert Adam
- 1774 Ralph Abercromby
- 1780 George Graham
- 1784 Charles Allan Cathcart
- 1788 Burnet Abercromby
- 1790 George Graham
- 1796 Sir Ralph Abercromby
- 1798 Sir Robert Abercromby
- 1802 William Douglas MacLean-Clephane
- 1803 David Clephane
- 1806 George Abercromby, Whig
- 1807 William Adam
- 1807 David Clephane
- 1811 Thomas Graham
- 1812 George Abercromby, Whig
- 1815 Sir John Abercromby, Whig
- 1817 Alexander Abercromby, Whig
- 1818 Thomas Graham
- 1819 George Edward Graham
- 1820 Robert Bruce
- 1824 George Abercromby
- 1826 George Edward Graham
- 1830 George Abercromby
- 1831 Sir Charles Adam
- 1841 George Abercromby
- 1842 Sir William Morison
- 1851 James Johnstone
- 1857 Viscount Melgund
- 1859 Sir William Patrick Adam
- 1880 John Balfour, Liberal
- 1899 Eugene Wason
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Eugene Wason | 4,027 | |||
| Conservative | James Avon Clyde KC | 2,648 | |||
| General Election 1886: Clackmannan and Kinross Shires | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Rt Hon John Balfour QC LLD | 3,159 | |||
| Liberal Unionist | Charles C Bethune | 1,844 | |||
John Balfour was returned unopposed at the 1885 General Election. He accepted office as Lord Advocate, and was again returned unopposed on 13 February 1886.
