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Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Subdivisions of Scotland
  
Linlithgowshire

Replaced by
  
West Lothian

Number of members
  
1

Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgowshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

For the 1950 general election, the constituency was renamed West Lothian.

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 William Pratt
  • Unionist: James Kidd
  • Labour: (George Dallas ?)
  • References

    Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia