Stirlingshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain and later of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Stirlingshire.

History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.

For the 1918 general election it was divided into Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire and Stirling and Clackmannan Western.

Members of Parliament Election Member Party1708 Henry Cunningham 1710 Sir Hugh Paterson 1715 Mungo Haldane 1722 John Graham 1727 Henry Cunningham 1734 Sir James Campbell 1741 Lord George Graham 1747 Lord Erskine 1747 James Campbell, later Livingstone 1768 Sir Thomas Dundas 1794 Robert Graham 1796 Sir George Elphinstone 1802 Charles Elphinstone Fleeming 1812 Sir Charles Edmonstone 1821 Henry Home-Drummond Tory 1831 William Ramsay Tory 1832 Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Whig 1835 William Forbes Conservative 1838 George Abercromby Whig 1841 William Forbes Conservative 1855 Peter Blackburn Conservative 1865 John Erskine Liberal 1874 Sir William Edmonstone Conservative 1880 Joseph Cheney Bolton Liberal 1892 William Jacks Liberal 1895 James McKillop Conservative 1906 Donald Mackenzie Smeaton Liberal 1910 William Chapple Liberal 1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

After scrutiny, Forbes' election was declared void and Abercromby was declared elected

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Forbes' death caused a by-election.

Blackburn was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring 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

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: William Chapple Unionist: Andrew B. KingStirling Observer 21 Mar 1914

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