Lanark Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Lanark Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Linlithgow in the county of Linlithgow, Lanark, Peebles, Selkirk
1708 (1708)–1832 (1832)
Number of members	One

Lanark Burghs (also known as Linlithgow Burghs) was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1832, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).

There was also a later Lanark county constituency, from 1918 to 1983.

Boundaries

The constituency covered four burghs: Linlithgow in the county of Linlithgow, Lanark in the county of Lanark, Peebles in the county of Peebles, and Selkirk in the county of Selkirk.

For the 1832 general election, as a result of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Peebles was merged into the county constituency of Peeblesshire, Selkirk was merged into the county constituency of Selkirkshire, and the remaining burghs were combined with Airdrie and Hamilton, both in the county of Lanark, to form Falkirk Burghs. At the same time, however, the boundaries of burghs for parliamentary election purposes ceased be necessarily those for other purposes.

Member of Parliament

• 1708 Hon. George Douglas
• 1713 Sir James Carmichael, Bt
• 1715 Hon. George Douglas
• 1722 Daniel Weir
• 1725 John Murray
• 1734 James Carmichael
• 1742 John Mackye
• 1747 Lawrence Dundas
• 1748 James Carmichael
• 1754 John Murray
• 1761 John Lockhart-Ross
• 1768 James Dickson
• 1772 Sir James Cockburn, Bt
• 1784 Sir John Moore
• 1790 William Grieve
• 1796 Viscount Stopford
• 1802 William Dickson
• 1806 Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross
• 1807 William Maxwell
• 1812 Sir John Buchanan Riddell
• 1819 John Pringle
• 1820 Henry Monteith
• 1826 Adam Hay
• 1830 Henry Monteith
• 1831 William Downe Gillon (to 1832)

Notes and references

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)