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Until 1832 the Council of each burgh in a district elected a commissioner, who had one vote for the MP. The commissioner from the Returning Burgh (which function rotated amongst the burghs in successive elections) had an additional casting vote if the numbers were equal. In 1832 the composition of the districts were amended, and the boundaries of a burgh for parliamentary purposes ceased to be necessarily those of the burgh for other purposes. The franchise was extended, and votes from all the burghs were added together. There were further changes to the number and the composition of the districts in 1868, 1885 and 1918. The district of burghs system continued until 1950, and the idea of parliamentary burghs continues to this day, in the form of Burgh Constituencies , which are distinct form County Constituencies . This distinction is significant in terms of the expenses allowed to election candidates. LIST OF DISTRICTS AND BURGHS SUMMARY OF DISTRICTS AND BURGHS BY PERIOD 1708-1832 (14 Districts) (65 Burghs) # Aberdeen Burghs (5) # Anstruther Easter Burghs (5) # Ayr Burghs (5) # Dumfries Burghs (5) # Dysart Burghs (4) # Elgin Burghs (5) # Glasgow Burghs (4) # Haddington Burghs (5) # Inverness Burghs (4) # Linlithgow Burghs (4) # Perth Burghs (5) # Stirling Burghs (5) # Tain Burghs (5) # Wigtown Burghs (4) 1832-1868 (14 Districts) (69 Burghs) # Ayr Burghs (5) # Dumfries Burghs (5) # Elgin Burghs (6) # Falkirk Burghs (5) # Haddington Burghs (5) # Inverness Burghs (4) # Kilmarnock Burghs (5) # Kirkcaldy Burghs (4) # Leith Burghs (3) # Montrose Burghs (5) # St Andrews Burghs (7) # Stirling Burghs (5) # Wick Burghs (6) # Wigtown Burghs (4) 1868-1885 (15 Districts) (72 Burghs) # Ayr Burghs (5) # Dumfries Burghs (5) # Elgin Burghs (6) # Falkirk Burghs (5) # Haddington Burghs (5) # Inverness Burghs (4) # Hawick Burghs (3) # Kilmarnock Burghs (5) # Kirkcaldy Burghs (4) # Leith Burghs (3) # Montrose Burghs (5) # St Andrews Burghs (7) # Stirling Burghs (5) # Wick Burghs (6) # Wigtown Burghs (4) 1885-1918 (13 Districts) (62 Burghs) # Ayr Burghs (5) # Dumfries Burghs (5) # Elgin Burghs (6) # Falkirk Burghs (5) # Hawick Burghs (3) # Inverness Burghs (4) # Kilmarnock Burghs (5) # Kirkcaldy Burghs (4) # Leith Burghs (3) # Montrose Burghs (5) # St Andrews Burghs (7) # Stirling Burghs (5) # Wick Burghs (6) 1918-1950 (6 Districts) (26 Burghs) # Ayr Burghs (6) # Dumbarton Burghs (2) # Dunfermline Burghs (4) # Kirkcaldy Burghs (6) # Montrose Burghs (5) # Stirling & Falkirk Burghs (3) SEE ALSO |
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