Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Renfrewshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Renfrewshire
1708–1885
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Renfrewshire Eastern Renfrewshire Western

Renfrewshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 until 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. In 1885 the Renfrewshire constituency area was divided into two new constituencies: Renfrewshire Eastern and Renfrewshire Western.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county of Renfrewshire, minus the parliamentary burgh of Renfrew throughout the 1708 to 1885 period, and minus the parliamentary burgh of Port Glasgow and the Paisley and Greenock constituencies from 1832 to 1885.

The burgh of Renfrew was a component of Glasgow Burghs until 1832, when it became a component of Kilmarnock Burghs. Port Glasgow became a parliamentary burgh in 1832, and another component of Kilmarnock Burghs.

Members of Parliament

	Election	Member	Party
	1708	Sir John Shaw
	1710	Sir Robert Pollock
	1722	Thomas Cochrane
	1727	Sir John Shaw
	1734	Alexander Cunninghame
	1742 by-election	William Mure
	1761	Patrick Crauford
	1768	William Macdowall
	1774	John Crauford
	1780	John Shaw-Stewart
	1783 by-election	William Macdowall
	1786 by-election	John Shaw-Stewart
	1796	Boyd Alexander
	1810 by-election	Archibald Speirs
	1818	John Maxwell
	1830	Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet
	1837 by-election	George Houstoun	Conservative
	1841	Patrick Maxwell Stewart	Liberal
	1846 by-election	William Mure	Conservative
	1855 by-election	Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet	Conservative
	1865	Archibald Alexander Speirs	Liberal
	1869 by-election	Henry Bruce	Liberal
	1873 by-election	Archibald Campbell	Conservative
	1874	William Mure	Liberal
	1880 by-election	Alexander Crum	Liberal

References

• History of Parliament - constituencies
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)