Aberdeen Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Burghs
Former district of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Forfarshire
Major settlements	Aberdeen, Inverbervie, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose
1708–1832
Seats	One
Created from	Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin, Inverbervie, Montrose
Replaced by	Aberdeen Montrose Burghs

Aberdeen Burghs was a district of burghs constituency which was represented from 1708 to 1800 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1832 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832–33 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the burgh of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen, the burgh of Inverbervie in the County of Kincardine, and the burghs of Arbroath, Brechin and Montrose in the County of Forfar.

History

In 1832 the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of Aberdeen and Montrose Burghs. The Aberdeen constituency covered the burgh of Aberdeen, while Montrose Burghs covered the other burghs plus the burgh of Forfar, which was previously a component of the Perth Burghs constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1708	John Gordon
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1710	James Scott
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1711	William Livingston
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1713	John Middleton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	February 1715	James Erskine
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	July 1715	John Middleton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	April 1722	William Kerr
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	October 1722	John Middleton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1739	John Maule
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1748	Charles Maitland
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1751	David Scott
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1767	Sir John Lindsay
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1768	Thomas Lyon	Pro-Administration Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1779	Adam Drummond
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1784	Sir David Carnegie, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1790	Alexander Callender
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1792	Alexander Allardyce
	Act of Union 1800	Parliament of Great Britain abolished, Parliament of the United Kingdom created
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1801	Alexander Allardyce
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1802 by-election	James Farquhar
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1806	John Ramsay
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1807	James Farquhar
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1818	Joseph Hume	Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1830	Sir James Carnegie, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1831	Horatio Ross
	1832	Constituency abolished

References

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