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Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into East Fife and West Fife.

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 Fifeshire.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was divided in 1885.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county of Fife.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Wemyss's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

References

1. "Fifeshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "Fifeshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
3. "Fifeshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
4. "Fifeshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. "Fifeshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
6. ^ Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 202, 205. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Google Books.
7. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 232. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via Google Books.
8. "Greenock Advertiser". 6 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Fifeshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
10. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
11. "To the Electors of the County of Fife". Fife Herald. 29 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "General Hamilton's Meetings". Fife Herald. 12 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Representation of Fife". Fifeshire Advertiser. 10 April 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

• Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885