Subdivisions of Scotland Nairnshire Number of members 1 | Created from Nairnshire Replaced by Elginshire and Nairnshire | |
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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.
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The constituency
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.
Abolition
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.
References
Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA