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The Scottish Reform Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland
Scotland

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. The act was passed at approximately the same time as the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
, which applied to England
England

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 and Wales
Wales

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. The chief architects of the act were Francis Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey was a Scotland judge and literary critic.He was born in Edinburgh, the son of a clerk in the Court of Session. After attending the Royal High School for six years, he studied at the University of Glasgow from 1787 to May 1789, and at The Queen's College, Oxford, from September 1791 to June 1792....
 and Henry Cockburn
Henry Cockburn

Henry Cockburn may refer to:* Henry Cockburn , Scottish prelate, Bishop of Ross* Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn , Scottish judge and author* Henry Cockburn , English international football player...
. It was subsequently given the official short title of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832.

The act did not substantially change the method in which the Scottish counties elected members of Parliament.






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The Scottish Reform Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. The act was passed at approximately the same time as the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
, which applied to England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 and Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. The chief architects of the act were Francis Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey was a Scotland judge and literary critic.He was born in Edinburgh, the son of a clerk in the Court of Session. After attending the Royal High School for six years, he studied at the University of Glasgow from 1787 to May 1789, and at The Queen's College, Oxford, from September 1791 to June 1792....
 and Henry Cockburn
Henry Cockburn

Henry Cockburn may refer to:* Henry Cockburn , Scottish prelate, Bishop of Ross* Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn , Scottish judge and author* Henry Cockburn , English international football player...
. It was subsequently given the official short title of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832.

The act did not substantially change the method in which the Scottish counties elected members of Parliament. As a general rule the counties each continued to elect one member. However before the Act six small counties elected an MP only in alternate Parliaments. This arrangement was ended, but a different solution was adopted for each pair of counties. Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituency of the British 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....
 became a single constituency. Buteshire and Caithness-shire were given a separate MP in every Parliament. Cromartyshire and Nairnshire were each united with a different neighbouring county, to form Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament....
, and Elginshire and Nairnshire
Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....
.

Edinburgh
Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh was a constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885....
 and Glasgow
Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885....
 now had two MPs; Aberdeen
Aberdeen (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen was a burgh constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1885. It was represented by one Member of Parliament , elected by the first past the post voting system....
, Dundee
Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

Dundee was a constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West ....
, Greenock
Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)

Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency....
, Paisley
Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)

Paisley was a United Kingdom constituencies represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South ....
 and Perth
Perth (UK Parliament constituency)

Perth was a United Kingdom constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918, 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005....
 one each. The remaining burghs combined in districts to elect 18 MPs, much as before; but now individual votes were added up among burghs across the constituency — in the past the MP had been elected at a meeting of representatives from each burgh. Boundary changes meant that a burgh for parliamentary elections might not have the same boundaries as the burgh for other purposes.