Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 57°05′42″N 2°07′59″W / 57.095°N 2.133°W / 57.095; -2.133

Aberdeen South
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Aberdeen South in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Aberdeen
Electorate	69,332
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Callum McCaig (SNP)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	North East Scotland
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Aberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Callum McCaig of the Scottish National Party.

The constituency was first used in the 1885 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since then. There was also an Aberdeen South Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament,^[1] created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time. In 2011 the Scottish Parliament constituency of Aberdeen South was abolished and replaced with the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency.

Boundaries

Council areas
grouped by the Fifth Review

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

Current

As redefined by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, and subsequently first used in the 2005 general election,^[2] Aberdeen South is entirely within the Aberdeen City council area and one of five constituencies covering that council area and the Aberdeenshire council area.

To the south and west of Aberdeen South there is West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, which is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area. To the north there is Aberdeen North which, like Aberdeen South is entirely within the Aberdeen City area. Further north there is Gordon, which covers part of the Aberdeen City area and part of the Aberdeenshire area. To the north of Gordon there is Banff and Buchan which, like West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area.

Historic

1885 to 1918

From 1832 to 1885 there was a single Aberdeen constituency. Prior to 1832, the burgh of Aberdeen had been represented as a component of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.

When Aberdeen South was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and first used in the 1885 general election, so was Aberdeen North. Aberdeen South then consisted of the municipal wards of St Nicholas, Rosemount, Rubislaw and Ferryhill, and the 9th Parliamentary Polling District.^[3] The rest of the county of Aberdeen was covered by the county constituencies of Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire.^[4]

The same boundaries were used in the 1886 general election, the 1892 general election, the 1895 general election, the 1900 general election, the 1906 general election, the January 1910 general election and the December 1910 general election.

1918 to 1950

In 1918 constituency boundaries were redefined by the Representation of the People Act 1918. By then the City of Aberdeen had been created; Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South became the two constituencies covering the city (which was one of four counties of cities in Scotland) and entirely within the city. The new boundaries were first used in the 1918 general election, and Aberdeen South then consisted of the wards of Ferryhill, Rosemount, Rubislaw, Ruthrieston and St Nicholas.^[4] The county of Aberdeen was covered by Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Central Aberdeenshire and Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire. East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county of Aberdeen. Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire covered the county of Kincardine (minus the burgh of Inverbervie, which was included in Montrose Burghs) and part of the county of Aberdeen.

The same boundaries were used in the 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1935 and 1945 general elections.

1950 to 1955

For the 1950 general election boundaries were redefined again, by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. A new list of wards defined Aberdeen South - Ferryhill, Holburn, Rosemount, Rubislaw, Ruthrieston and Torry^[4] - but the City of Aberdeen remained a two-constituency city, divided between Aberdeen South and Aberdeen North, with both constituencies entirely within the city.

The county of Aberdeen was now again divided between East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire, with both of these constituencies entirely within the county.

The same boundaries were used for the 1951 general election.

1955 to 1983

By the time of the 1955 general election, a boundary review had taken account of a small enlargement of the city area. However, the same list of wards - Ferryhill, Holburn, Rosemount, Rubislaw, Ruthrieston and Torry^[4] - continued to define Aberdeen South, and the same boundaries were used for the 1959 general election, the 1964 general election, the 1966 general election, the 1970 general election, the February 1974 general election and the October 1974 general election.

In 1975, throughout Scotland, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, counties were abolished, and the City of Aberdeen was enlarged to include areas formerly within the county of Aberdeen and the county of Kincardine. Also, the city became a district within the Grampian region. The enlarged city included areas covered by the constituencies of West Aberdeenshire and North Angus and Mearns. North Angus and Mearns had been created in 1950 to cover the county of Kincardine and part of the county of Angus.

The 1979 general election was held before a review of constituency boundaries took account of new local government boundaries.

1983 to 1997

For the 1983 election, the electoral wards used to create this seat were Rosemount, Rubislaw, St Clements, St Nicholas, Hazelhead, Holburn, Ferryhill, Torry, Nigg.^[5]

The 1983 general election, the 1987 general election and the 1992 general election took place during this period. At the 1992 General Election the constituency was the only seat which Labour had won at the 1987 election to be gained by the Conservatives.

In 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, local government regions and districts were abolished and the city became one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. Also, the name of the city became, officially, Aberdeen City.

1997 to 2005

As redefined for the 1997 general election Aberdeen South was one of three constituencies covering and entirely within the Aberdeen City area, the other two being Aberdeen North and Aberdeen Central. Aberdeen South shared boundaries with both of the other two constituencies.

The same boundaries were used for the 2001 general election.

Constituency profile and voting patterns

Constituency profile

The Aberdeen South constituency is an affluent suburban constituency located along the south of the Aberdeen City Council area. The seat covers most of Aberdeen's affluent West End and the outer suburbs of Bieldside, Cults, Milltimber and Peterculter. Situated within the constituency are some of Scotland's most affluent neighbourhoods, including Midstocket, Hilton, Rubislaw and Queen's Cross, which was named the wealthiest part of Scotland in 2003.^[6]^[7]^[8] The seat also extends south-east across the River Dee to cover the more deprived neighbourhoods of Torry and Kincorth. In the south-east of the constituency is the suburb of Cove Bay.

Voting patterns

Chart of Aberdeen South elections since the 1970 general election.

Aberdeen South was traditionally a strong Liberal area until it was won by the Unionist Party at the 1918 general election. The constituency subsequently went on to return Unionist MP's to Parliament until the party merged with the Conservatives in 1965. The constituency developed into a Unionist-Labour marginal in 1964 and was gained by Labour's Donald Dewar in 1966, who went on to become the leader of the Scottish Labour Party and First Minister of Scotland in 1999. From the 1970 general election onwards Aberdeen South returned Conservative MP's to parliament. The constituency was gained by Labour in 1987 and regained by the Conservatives in 1992. In Labour's 1997 landslide election Aberdeen South fell to Labour's Anne Begg, who represented the constituency until the 2015 general election when the constituency was gained by the Scottish National Party (SNP). Throughout the 2000's the Liberal Democrats emerged as the central challenger to Labour in Aberdeen South, taking second place in 2005 behind Labour by just 3.2% of the vote. In the Scottish Parliament the equivalent Aberdeen South constituency was represented by the Liberal Democrats from 1999 until 2011, when the constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine was gained by the SNP. Recently the Conservatives have made a set of substantial advances in Aberdeen South, making gains in the constituency at the 2015 UK general election despite seeing a drop in their national vote share across Scotland. At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the Conservatives came in second place in the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency, more than doubling their vote share in the constituency and coming behind the SNP by 8.5% of the vote.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	James Bryce	Liberal
1907	George Birnie Esslemont	Liberal
1917	John Fleming	Liberal
1918	Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Bt.	Unionist
1935	Sir Douglas Thomson, Bt.	Unionist
1946	Lady Tweedsmuir	Unionist
1966	Donald Dewar	Labour
1970	Iain Sproat	Conservative
1983	Gerry Malone	Conservative
1987	Frank Doran	Labour
1992	Raymond Robertson	Conservative
1997	Anne Begg	Labour
2015	Callum McCaig	Scottish National Party

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Aberdeen South^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Callum McCaig	20,221	41.6	+29.8
	Labour	Anne Begg	12,991	26.8	−9.8
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	11,087	22.8	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Denis Rixon^[11]	2,252	4.6	−23.7
	Scottish Green	Dan Yeats^[12]	964	2.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Sandra Skinner^[13]	897	1.8	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Gray^[13]	139	0.3	N/A
Majority			7,230	14.9
Turnout			48,551	71.3	+4.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+19.8

General Election 2010: Aberdeen South^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anne Begg	15,722	36.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Sleigh	12,216	28.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Amanda Harvie	8,914	20.7	+3.6
	SNP	Mark McDonald	5,102	11.9	+2.0
	BNP	Susan Ross	529	1.2	N/A
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	413	1.0	−0.9
	SACL	Robert Green	138	0.3	N/A
Majority			3,506	8.1
Turnout			43,034	67.2	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Aberdeen South^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anne Begg	15,272	36.7	−1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Vicki Harris	13,924	33.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	7,134	17.1	−2.7
	SNP	Maureen Watt	4,120	9.9	−2.3
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	768	1.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Donald Munro	403	1.0	−0.4
Majority			1,348	3.2
Turnout			41,621	62.1	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

General Election 2001: Aberdeen South^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anne Begg	14,696	39.8	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Yuill	10,308	27.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Moray Macdonald	7,098	19.2	−7.1
	SNP	Ian Angus	4,293	11.6	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	David Watt	495	1.3	N/A
Majority			4,388	11.9
Turnout			36,890	62.5	−10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Aberdeen South^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anne Begg	15,541	35.3	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nicol Stephen	12,176	27.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Raymond Scott Robertson	11,621	26.4	−11.0
	SNP	Jim Towers	4,299	11.6	−2.3
	Referendum	Ric Wharton	425	1.0	N/A
Majority			3,365	7.7
Turnout			44,062	72.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.2

General Election 1992: Aberdeen South, revised boundaries (Notional)
Party		%	±
	Conservative	37.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	26.6	N/A
	Labour	23.9	N/A
	SNP	12.0	N/A
Majority		10.8	N/A

General Election 1992: Aberdeen South^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Raymond Scott Robertson	15,808	38.5	+3.6
	Labour	Frank Doran	14,291	34.8	−2.9
	SNP	James Cameron Davidson	6,223	15.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Irene Keith	4,767	11.6	−9.3
Majority			1,517	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			41,089	70.2	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Aberdeen South^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Doran	15,917	37.7	+7.8
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	14,719	34.8	−4.1
	Social Democratic	Ian Gordon Philip	8,844	20.9	−5.3
	SNP	Michael Fraser Weir	2,776	6.6	+1.6
Majority			1,198	2.9
Turnout			42,256	67.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1983: Aberdeen South^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	15,393	38.9
	Labour	Robert Middleton	11,812	29.9
	Social Democratic	Ian Gordon Philip	10,372	26.2
	SNP	Sam Coull	1,974	5.0
Majority			3,581	9.1
Turnout			39,551	68.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain MacDonald Sproat	20,820	40.72
	Labour	Norman Anthony Godman	20,048	39.21
	Liberal	H. Pitt-Watson	5,901	11.54
	SNP	A. Stronach	4,361	8.53
Majority			772	1.51
Turnout				78.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Aberdeen South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain MacDonald Sproat	18,475	35.47
	Labour	R. Middleton	18,110	34.77
	SNP	A. Stronach	10,481	20.12
	Liberal	A.A. Robbie	5,018	9.63
Majority			365	0.70
Turnout				76.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain MacDonald Sproat	21,938	39.63
	Labour	R. Middleton	18,380	33.20
	SNP	A. Stronach	7,599	13.73
	Liberal	A. Robbie	7,447	13.45
Majority			3,558	6.43
Turnout				82.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain MacDonald Sproat	23,843	45.41
	Labour	Donald Campbell Dewar	22,754	43.33
	Liberal	Kenneth J.B.S. McLeod	3,135	5.97
	SNP	Bruce M. Cockie	2,777	5.29
Majority			1,089	2.07
Turnout				77.05
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Campbell Dewar	23,291	46.1
	Conservative	Lady Tweedsmuir	21,492	42.5
	Liberal	Norman W. King	5,797	11.5
Majority			1,799	3.6
Turnout				81.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.6

General Election 1964: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	25,824	50.00
	Labour	Donald Campbell Dewar	21,926	42.45
	SNP	John Reid	3,898	7.55
Majority			3,898	7.55
Turnout				83.80
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Aberdeen South^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	25,471	53.8
	Labour	Peter Muir Doig	17,349	36.6
	Liberal	Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield	4,558	9.6
Majority			8,122	17.2
Turnout				81.57
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	26,817	57.74
	Labour	Judith Hart	19,627	42.26
Majority			7,190	15.48
Turnout				81.07
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	28,947	58.75
	Labour	S Shaw	20,325	41.25
Majority			8,622	17.50
Turnout				82.69
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	26,128	53.68
	Labour	O Crutchley	17,302	35.54
	Liberal	Richard Thomas Pirie	5,248	10.78
Majority			8,826	18.13
Turnout				84.89
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Aberdeen South by-election, 1946^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Lady Tweedsmuir	21,750
	Labour	Arthur James Irvine	17,911
Majority			3,839
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	James Douglas Wishart Thomson	19,214	46.73
	Labour	W McLaine	17,398	42.32
	Liberal	James Logie Milne	4,501	10.95
Majority			1,816	4.42
Turnout				72.20
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Aberdeen South^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson	25,270	68.14
	Labour	G.R. McIntosh	11,817	31.86
Majority			13,453	36.27
Turnout				65.85
	Unionist hold		Swing

Aberdeen South by-election, 1935^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson	20,925
	Labour	Joseph Forbes Duncan	10,760
Majority			10,165
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Aberdeen South^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir Frederick Charles Thomson	33,988	83.68
	Labour	G. Catto	6,627	16.32
Majority			27,361	67.37
Turnout				75.83
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Aberdeen South ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir Frederick Charles Thomson	21,540	60.1
	Labour	William Henry Porteous Martin	13,856	39.1
Majority			7,684	20.2
Turnout			35,396
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Aberdeen South^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Charles Thomson	16,092
	Labour	G. Archibald	10,699

Mallet

General Election 1923: Aberdeen South ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Charles Thomson	11,258	47.3	-10.7
	Labour	John Paton	6,911	29.0	n/a
	Liberal	Sir Charles Edward Mallet	5,641	23.7	-18.3
Majority				18.3
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Aberdeen South ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Charles Thomson	13,208	58.0	-4.4
	Liberal	Sir Charles Edward Mallet	9,573	42.0	+21.2
Majority			3,635	16.0	-25.6
Turnout				57.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-12.8

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Aberdeen South^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±
	Unionist	Frederick Charles Thomson	10,625	n/a
	Liberal	Sir John Fleming	3,535
	Independent	James Robertson Watson	2,868
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

Aberdeen South by-election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir John Fleming	3,283	64.1
	Independent	James Robertson Watson	1,507	29.4
	Independent	Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	333	6.5
Majority			1,776	34.7
Turnout				37.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Aberdeen South^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Birnie Esslemont	5,862
	Conservative	William C Smith	3,997

General Election January 1910: Aberdeen South^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Birnie Esslemont	6,749
	Conservative	Ronald John McNeill	4,433

Elections in the 1900s

Aberdeen South by-election, 1907^[35]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	George Birnie Esslemont	3,779
Conservative	Ronald John McNeill	3,412
Independent Labour	Fred Bramley	1,740

General Election 1906: Aberdeen South^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon James Bryce	6,778
	Liberal Unionist	W.G. Black	2,334

General Election 1900: Aberdeen South^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon James Bryce	4,238
	Liberal Unionist	William Charles Smith	3,830

Elections in the 1890s

James Bryce

General Election 1895: Aberdeen South^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon James Bryce	3,985
	Liberal Unionist	David Stewart	3,121

By-election, 23 August 1892 - James Bryce re-elected unopposed

General Election 1892: Aberdeen South^[38]
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Rt Hon James Bryce	3,513
Liberal Unionist	James S.G. McCullagh	1,768
Scottish Trades Councils	Henry Hyde Champion	991

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Aberdeen South^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Bryce	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1885: Aberdeen South^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Bryce	3,548
	Conservative	Colin McKenzie	1,455

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Conservative (1)	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Liberal Democrat (1)	Orkney and Shetland

Independent (2)	Edinburgh West Glasgow East

Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) Labour (2) Conservative (1) UKIP (1)

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire

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Burgh constituencies	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Coatbridge and Airdrie Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline Burghs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East Edinburgh Leith Edinburgh North Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh West Glasgow Bridgeton Glasgow Camlachie Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Central Glasgow Gorbals Glasgow Govan Glasgow Hillhead Glasgow Kelvingrove Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Scotstoun Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn Glasgow Tradeston Glasgow Woodside Greenock Kirkcaldy Burghs Paisley Stirling and Falkirk Burghs

County constituencies	Argyll Ayr Banffshire Berwick and East Lothian Bothwell Bute and Northern Ayrshire Caithness and Sutherland Central Ayrshire CC Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Dumfriesshire East Aberdeenshire East Dunbartonshire East Fife East Renfrewshire Galloway Hamilton Inverness Kilmarnock Kinross and Western Perthshire Lanark Midlothian and Peebles Moray and Nairn Motherwell North Angus and Mearns North Lanarkshire Orkney and Zetland Perth and East Perthshire Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh and Selkirk Rutherglen South Angus South Ayrshire West Aberdeenshire West Dunbartonshire West Fife West Lothian West Renfrewshire West Stirlingshire Western Isles

Lists	1708–1832 1832–1868 1868–1885 1885–1918 1918–1950 1950–1955 1955–1974 1974–1983 1983–1997 1997–2005 2005–

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