Subdivisions of Scotland Cromartyshire Created from Cromartyshire | Number of members one Replaced by Ross and Cromarty | |
Cromartyshire 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.
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The constituency
Cromartyshire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Nairnshire. The freeholders of Cromartyshire elected one Member of Parliament to one Parliament, while those of Nairnshire elected a Member to the next.
Abolition
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Cromartyshire was merged with Ross-shire to form the single constituency of Ross and Cromarty, both counties electing one Member between them to each Parliament.
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Cromartyshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA