Anstruther Burghs was a
district of burghs constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
from 1708 to 1800 and of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP).
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
Acts of Union 1707
The Acts of Union ( gd, Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the te ...
and replaced the former
Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of
Anstruther Easter,
Anstruther Wester,
Crail,
Kilrenny and
Pittenweem.
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the burghs of
Anstruther Easter,
Anstruther Wester,
Pittenweem,
Crail, and
Kilrenny, in the
county of Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
.
In 1832, the burghs were combined with the Fife burghs of
Cupar and
St Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ...
, which were previously components of
Perth Burghs, to form
St Andrews Burghs.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
References
Sources
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832
Fife
Anstruther