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- District_of_burghs abstract "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) were assigned to a district, except for Edinburgh which had an MP to itself. The burghs in a district were not necessarily adjacent or even close together. Until 1832 the Council of each burgh in a district elected a commissioner, who had one vote for the MP. The commissioner from the Returning Burgh (which function rotated amongst the burghs in successive elections) had an additional casting vote if the numbers were equal.In 1832 the composition of the districts were amended, and the boundaries of a burgh for parliamentary purposes ceased to be necessarily those of the burgh for other purposes. The franchise was extended, and votes from all the burghs were added together. There were further changes to the number and the composition of the districts in 1868, 1885 and 1918. The district of burghs system was eventually discontinued in 1950, but the term Burghs continued in use in the names of some constituencies until 1974.The idea of parliamentary burghs continues to this day, in the form of burgh constituencies, which are distinct from county constituencies. This distinction is significant in terms of the expenses allowed to election candidates.".
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- District_of_burghs wikiPageLength "11920".
- District_of_burghs wikiPageOutDegree "281".
- District_of_burghs wikiPageRevisionID "617557642".
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Aberdeen.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Aberdeen_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Aberdeenshire_(historic).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Acts_of_Union_1707.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Angus.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Annan,_Dumfries_and_Galloway.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Anstruther.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Anstruther_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Arbroath.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Ardrossan.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Argyll.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Ayr.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Ayr_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Ayrshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Banff,_Aberdeenshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Banffshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Berwickshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Brechin.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Buckhaven.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Burgh.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Burgh_constituency.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Burntisland.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Caithness.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Campbeltown.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_subdivisions_of_Scotland.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Category:United_Kingdom_Parliamentary_constituencies_(historic).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Clyde_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Clydebank.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Bute.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Moray.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Nairn.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Cowdenbeath.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Crail.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Cromarty.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Cromartyshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Cullen,_Moray.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Culross.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Cupar.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dingwall.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dornoch.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dumbarton.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dumbarton_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dumfries.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dumfries_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dumfriesshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dunbar.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dunbartonshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dundee.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dunfermline.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dunfermline_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dysart,_Fife.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Dysart_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink East_Lothian.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Edinburgh.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Elgin,_Moray.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Elgin_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Falkirk.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Falkirk_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Fife.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Forfar.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Forres.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Fortrose.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Galashiels.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Glasgow.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Grangemouth.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Haddington,_East_Lothian.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Haddington_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Hawick.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Hawick_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inveraray.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverbervie.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverkeithing.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverness.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverness-shire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverness_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Inverurie.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Irvine,_North_Ayrshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Jedburgh.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kilmarnock.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kilmarnock_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kilrenny.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kincardineshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kinghorn.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kintore,_Aberdeenshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kirkcaldy.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kirkcaldy_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kirkcudbright.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kirkcudbrightshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Kirkwall.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Lanark.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Lanark_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Lanarkshire.
- District_of_burghs wikiPageWikiLink Lauder.