Aberdeen Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Forfarshire
Major settlements	Aberdeen, Inverbervie, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose
1708–1832
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Aberdeen Montrose Burghs
Created from	Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin, Inverbervie, Montrose

Aberdeen Burghs was a district of burghs constituency which was represented from 1708 to 1800 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1832 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the burgh of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen, the burgh of Inverbervie in the County of Kincardine, and the burghs of Arbroath, Brechin and Montrose in the County of Forfar.

History

In 1832 the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of Aberdeen and Montrose Burghs. The Aberdeen constituency covered the burgh of Aberdeen, while Montrose Burghs covered the other burghs plus the burgh of Forfar, which was previously a component of the Perth Burghs constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708	John Gordon
	1710	James Scott
	1711	William Livingston
	1713	John Middleton
	February 1715	James Erskine
	July 1715	John Middleton
	April 1722	William Kerr
	October 1722	John Middleton
	1739	John Maule
	1748	Charles Maitland
	1751	David Scott
	1767	Sir John Lindsay
	1768	Thomas Lyon	Pro-Administration Whig
	1779	Adam Drummond
	1784	Sir David Carnegie, Bt
	1790	Alexander Callender
	1792	Alexander Allardyce
	Act of Union 1800	Parliament of Great Britain abolished, Parliament of the United Kingdom created
	1801	Alexander Allardyce
	1802 by-election	James Farquhar
	1806	John Ramsay
	1807	James Farquhar
	1818	Joseph Hume	Whig
	1830	Sir James Carnegie, Bt
	1831	Horatio Ross
	1832	Constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)