The Combined Scottish Universities was a three-member

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of the

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of the

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from 1918 until 1950. It was created by merging the single-member constituencies of Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities.

Boundaries

The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Scottish Universities of

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 ...

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and

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. The constituency returned three

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to Westminster, elected by

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. The by-elections used the

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voting system. This

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was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished in 1950 by the

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Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Combined Scottish Universities (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Higher education in Scotland 1918 establishments in Scotland