Nairnshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Nairnshire |
1708–1832 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Elginshire and Nairnshire |
Created from | Nairnshire |
Nairnshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Nairnshire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Cromartyshire. The freeholders of Nairnshire elected one Member of Parliament to one Parliament, while those of Cromartyshire elected a Member to the next.
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Nairnshire was merged with Elginshire to form the single constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire, both counties electing one Member between them to each Parliament.