Anstruther Burghs was a

district of burghs The Act of Union 1707 and pre-Union Scottish legislation provided for 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scotland to be elected from districts of burghs. All the parliamentary burghs (burghs represented in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland ...

constituency of the

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of the

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from 1708 to 1800 and of the

of the

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from 1801 to 1832. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the

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and replaced the former

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burgh constituencies of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester,

Crail Crail (; ) is a former royal burgh, parish and Community council#Scotland, community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630 (2018). Etymology The ...

, Kilrenny and

Pittenweem Pittenweem ( ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747. Etymology The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish ''pett'' 'pl ...

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester,

, and Kilrenny, in the county of Fife. In 1832, the burghs were combined with the Fife burghs of

Cupar Cupar ( ; ) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fife, and the ...

and

St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ 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 fourth-largest settleme ...

, which were previously components of Perth Burghs, to form St Andrews Burghs.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anstruther Burghs (Uk Parliament Constituency) 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