Linlithgowshire was a Scottish

county constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituen ...

of Great Britain and after 1801 the

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of the

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from 1708 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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voting system. It was replaced in

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by an equivalent constituency named West Lothian.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the

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and replaced the former

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shire constituency of

Linlithgowshire West Lothian, also known as Linlithgowshire (its official name until 1925), is a counties of Scotland, historic county in the east central Lowlands of Scotland. until 1925. It is bounded geographically by the River Avon, Falkirk, Avon to the wes ...

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

system until 1950. For the 1950 general election, the constituency was abolished and replaced by

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Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Hope resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Hope was appointed a commissioner of

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, requiring a by-election. Hope resigned after being appointed

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, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Dundas resigned upon his appointment as

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, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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*Unionist: James Kidd *Labour: (George Dallas ?)

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

References

* {{Authority control Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Politics of West Lothian Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1945 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708 Linlithgow