Clackmannanshire and
Kinross-shire were
constituenciesIn the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of the
House of Commons of Great BritainThe House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United KingdomThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1801 to 1918.
From 1708 to 1832 they were paired as
alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies
electedAn election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
a
Member of Parliament (MP)A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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,
CulrossThe town of Culross, pronounced "Coo-ros", is a former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland.According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395...
and
MuckhartMuckhart commonly refers to two small villages in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Pool of Muckhart and Yetts o' Muckhart. Muckhart is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated on the A91 around 3 miles north-east of Dollar...
in
PerthshirePerthshire, officially the County of Perth , is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south...
, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of
AlvaAlva is a small town in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is one of a number of towns situated immediately to the south of the Ochil Hills, collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots...
.
From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of
Clackmannan and Eastern StirlingshireClackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.The constituency was created for the...
, and Kinross-shire as part of
Kinross and Western PerthshireKinross and Western Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983, representing, at any one time, a seat for one Member of Parliament , elected by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:The constituency was...
.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member |
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1708 |
William Dalrymple |
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1710 |
Mungo Graham |
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1711 |
Sir John Malcolm |
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1713 |
Sir John Erskine |
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1715 |
William Douglas |
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1722 |
Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet |
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1727 |
John Hope |
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1734 |
James Erskine |
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1741 |
Sir John Bruce Hope |
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1747 |
Lord Erskine Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine was the son of John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar. He could not inherit the title of Earl of Mar due to the Writ of Attainder for treason passed against his father in 1716 for his role in the First Jacobite Rebellion .On 1 October 1741, he married Charlotte Hope, daughter...
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1754 |
Robert Colvile |
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1761 |
James Abercromby |
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1768 |
Robert AdamRobert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
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1774 |
Ralph AbercrombySir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and was...
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1780 |
George Graham |
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1784 |
Charles Allan Cathcart |
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1788 |
Burnet Abercromby |
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1790 |
George Graham |
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1796 |
Sir Ralph AbercrombySir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and was...
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1798 |
Sir Robert Abercromby General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB , the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the governor of Bombay and commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.-Military career:...
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1802 |
William Douglas MacLean-Clephane |
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1803 |
David Clephane |
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1806 |
George Abercromby George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish lawyer, politician and peer. The eldest son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby and Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby, he became, like his grandfather, a lawyer, and was called to the Bar in 1794...
, WhigThe Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1807 |
William Adam William Adam, KC was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British Parliament and subsequently a Judge.-Biography:...
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1807 |
David Clephane |
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1811 |
Thomas Graham |
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1812 |
George Abercromby George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish lawyer, politician and peer. The eldest son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby and Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby, he became, like his grandfather, a lawyer, and was called to the Bar in 1794...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1815 |
Sir John Abercromby General Sir John Abercromby or Abercrombie GCB served as a British soldier. The second son of Sir Ralph Abercromby, he entered the army in 1786 as an ensign in the 75th Highland Regiment, then commanded by his uncle Robert Abercromby of Airthrey. He gained promotion to lieutenant in 1787, and to...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1817 |
Alexander Abercromby Colonel Alexander Abercromby was a senior British Army officer and latterly for a short time a Member of Parliament.Alexander Abercromby was the youngest son of Sir Ralph Abercromby, a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and was born in 1784...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1818 |
Thomas Graham |
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1819 |
George Edward Graham |
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1820 |
Robert Bruce |
Tory |
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1824 |
George Abercromby George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish soldier, politician and peer. The son of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby and Hon. Montague Dundas, on his death in 1852 he was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son.-Career:He was commissioned into the 51st Foot...
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1826 |
George Edward Graham |
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1830 |
George Abercromby George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish soldier, politician and peer. The son of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby and Hon. Montague Dundas, on his death in 1852 he was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son.-Career:He was commissioned into the 51st Foot...
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1831 |
Sir Charles AdamAdmiral Sir Charles Adam, KCB was a British naval officer. He was the second son of William Adam of Blair Adam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone and sister of Lord Keith....
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1841 |
George Abercromby George Ralph Campbell Abercromby, 3rd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish soldier, politician and peer. The son of George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby and Hon. Montague Dundas, on his death in 1852 he was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son.-Career:He was commissioned into the 51st Foot...
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1842 |
Sir William Morison |
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1851 |
James Johnstone |
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1857 |
Viscount Melgund William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto , was a British Whig politician. He was the eldest son of the second earl.From 1814 until his accession in 1859, he was styled Viscount Melgund....
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1859 |
Sir William Patrick Adam William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1880 |
John Balfour John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, PC, QC was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1899....
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1899 |
Eugene Wason Eugene Wason was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1885 and 1918.-Family:...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1918The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...
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constituency abolished |
Election results
At the December 1910 general election Eugene Wason was returned unopposed.
In 1899 John Balfour was appointed a judge in Scotland and resigned his seat causing a
by-electionA by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
which took place on 20 December 1899.
John Balfour was returned unopposed at a by-election on 25 August 1892, having accepted office as
Lord AdvocateHer Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament...
.
A by-election was held in November 1880, due to
William Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...
appointment as Governor of Madras. John Balfour was returned unopposed. John Balfour was again returned unopposed at the
1885 General Election-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
. He accepted office as
Lord AdvocateHer Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament...
, and was yet again returned unopposed on 13 February 1886..
At the
General Election 1868The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
William Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...
was returned unopposed. The seat was vacated following his acceptance of office as a
Lord of the TreasuryIn the United Kingdom, there are at least six Lords of the Treasury who serve concurrently. Traditionally, this board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the Treasury, and four or more junior lords .Strictly they are commissioners for exercising the office of Lord...
and he was returned unopposed on 6 January 1869