Clyde Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Clyde Burghs or Glasgow Burghs
Former district of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Lanarkshire, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire
Major settlements	Dumbarton, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Renfrew
1708–1832
Created from	Dumbarton Glasgow Renfrew Rutherglen
Replaced by	Glasgow constituency Kilmarnock Burghs

Clyde Burghs, also known as Glasgow Burghs, was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1832. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of parliamentary burghs along the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde: Dumbarton in the county of Dumbarton, Glasgow and Rutherglen in the county of Lanark, and Renfrew in the county of Renfrew.

When the district of burghs constituency was abolished in 1832 the Glasgow parliamentary burgh was merged into the then new two-member Glasgow constituency. The Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen burghs were combined with Kilmarnock burgh and Port Glasgow burgh in the then-new Kilmarnock Burghs constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1708	Robert Rodger
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1710	Thomas Smith
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1716	Daniel Campbell
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1727	John Blackwood
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1728	Daniel Campbell
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1734	William Campbell
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1741	Neil Buchanan
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1744	John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later 5th Duke of Argyll
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1761	Lord Frederick Campbell
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1780	John Craufurd
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |	1784	Ilay Campbell	Pittite
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1790	John Craufurd
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1790	William McDowall
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1802	Alexander Houstoun
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1803	Boyd Alexander
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |	1806	Archibald Campbell	Tory
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1809	Alexander Houstoun
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |	1812	Kirkman Finlay	Tory
style="background: Template:/meta/color" |	1818	Alexander Houstoun
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |	1820	Archibald Campbell	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1831	Joseph Dixon	Whig

References

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