Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

Fife
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Fife
1708–1885
Seats	One
Created from	Fife
Replaced by	East Fife West Fife

Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into East Fife and West Fife.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county of Fife.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1708	Patrick Moncreiff
	1709	Sir Robert Anstruther
	1710	Sir Alexander Erskine
	1715	Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet
	1741	David Scott
	1747	James Oswald
	1754	James St Clair
	1763	James Wemyss
	1768	John Scott
	1776	James Townsend Oswald
	1779	Robert Skene
	1780	John Henderson		5th Baronet from 1781
	1780	Robert Skene
	1787	William Wemyss
	1796	Sir William Erskine, Bt		British Army officer, died insane
	1806	Robert Ferguson
	1807	William Wemyss
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color"|	1820	James Erskine Wemyss	Whig
	1831	James Lindsay
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color"|	1832	James Erskine Wemyss	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color"|	1847	John Fergus	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|	1859	James Hay Erskine Wemyss	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|	1864	Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|	1880	Robert Preston Bruce	Liberal

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"