| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the Amendment of the Representation of the People in Scotland. |
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| Citation | 31 & 32 Vict. c. 48 |
| Territorial extent | Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 July 1868 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, fromlegislation.gov.uk. | |
TheRepresentation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 48) was anAct of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It carried on from theRepresentation of the People Act 1867, and created seven additional Scottish seats in theHouse of Commons at the expense of sevenEnglishborough constituencies, which were disenfranchised.
TwoUniversity constituencies were created;Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities andGlasgow and Aberdeen Universities. These each returned one member to Parliament.[2] Twoburgh constituencies received an additional member; these wereGlasgow (raised to 3 members) andDundee (raised to 2).[3] A third burgh constituency,Hawick Burghs, was newly created, receiving one member.[4] Threecounty constituencies each received one additional member, and were split in half accordingly; these wereLanarkshire,Ayrshire andAberdeenshire.[5]
This totalled eight new seats, and accordingly the county constituencies ofSelkirkshire andPeeblesshire were merged to formPeebles and Selkirk, returning one member, for a net increase of seven seats.[6]
This was offset by the disenfranchisement ofArundel,Ashburton,Dartmouth,Honiton,Lyme Regis,Thetford andWells, all English borough constituencies, leaving the overall number of seats in the House unchanged.[7]
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