Linlithgowshire was a Scottish county constituency of Great Britain and after 1801 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. It was replaced in 1950 by an equivalent constituency named West Lothian.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Linlithgowshire.
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until 1950.
For the 1950 general election, the constituency was abolished and replaced by West Lothian.
Members of Parliament
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|1708
| Lord Johnstone
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|1708
| John Houston
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|1713
| Sir James Carmichael
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|1714
| John Houston
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|1715
| Sir James Cunynghame
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|1722
| George Dundas
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|1727
| Alexander Hamilton
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|1741
| George Dundas
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|1743
| Charles Hope-Weir
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|1768
| John Hope
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|1770
| James Dundas
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|1774
| Sir William Cunynghame
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| 1790
| John Hope
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|1800
| rowspan="2" | Sir Alexander Hope
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Hope resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1900s
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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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John Pratt
- Unionist: James Kidd
- Labour: (George Dallas ?)
Elections in the 1920s
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