Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a

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of the

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of the

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from 1832 to 1918. From 1708 to 1832

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; ; ), or the County of Clackmannan, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county, Council areas of Scotland, council area, registration counties, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland ...

and

Kinross-shire The County of Kinross or Kinross-shire is a historic county and registration county in eastern Scotland, administered as part of Perth and Kinross since 1975. Surrounding its largest settlement and county town of Kinross, the county borders Per ...

had been paired as ''alternating constituencies'': one of the constituencies

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a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next. From 1832, the two were joined by the

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in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of

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and

Muckhart Muckhart () commonly refers to two small villages in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Pool of Muckhart () and Yetts o' Muckhart. Muckhart is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated on the A91 road, A91 around northeast of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, ...

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, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva. From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of

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, and Kinross-shire as part of

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Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Adam was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Abercromby resigned by accepting the office of

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, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Morison's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Adam was appointed a

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, requiring a by-election. Adam was appointed a

, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Adam was appointed as

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, requiring a by-election. Adam was appointed as Governor of

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, causing a by-election. Balfour was appointed

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Balfour accepted office as

, prompting a by-election. Balfour is appointed

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, prompting a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clackmannanshire And Kinross-Shire (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Politics of Perth and Kinross Kinross Politics of Clackmannanshire