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Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
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Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Major settlements
  
Falkirk, Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark, Linlithgow

Replaced by
  
Stirling and Falkirk, Hamilton, Lanark, Linlithgowshire

Falkirk Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency comprised the burghs of Falkirk, Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgow, lying in Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire.

In 1918, Falkirk became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs, Hamilton and Lanark formed the core of new Hamilton and Lanark constituencies, and Linlithgow was represented as part of Linlithgowshire.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: John Archibald Murray Macdonald
  • Unionist: Sir James Robertson Wilson
  • British Socialist Party:
  • References

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