Pittenweem in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of...
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Pittenweem (/ˌpɪtənˈwiːm/ listen) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population...
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of Scotland burgh constituencies of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny and Pittenweem. The constituency comprised the burghs of Anstruther...
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Fife (redirect from Fife (local government region of Scotland))
Castle near Coaltown of Balgonie, Falkland Palace (hunting palace of the Scottish Kings), Kellie Castle near Pittenweem, Hill of Tarvit (a historical...
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burghs of St Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem were added to the constituency. It then consisted of "The...
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Menzies Campbell (redirect from Baron Campbell of Pittenweem)
Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC, KC (/ˈmɪŋɪs/; born 22 May 1941), often known as Ming Campbell, is a Scottish politician, advocate and...
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Bethune, eldest son of the 14th laird of Balfour, voted against the union. List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union Parliamentary...
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Part 2. p. 593. Complete Baronetage, vol. IV, p. 387. List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union v t e v t e v t e...
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E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 366. List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union v t e v t e v t e...
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the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the Scotland Act 1998. Most executive power is exercised by the Scottish Government...
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is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)...
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of England, Scotland and Ireland, called the Protectorate, the Scottish burghs of St Andrews, Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Cupar, Anstruther Easter, Pittenweem...
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newly formed Parliament of Great Britain, Scotland had 48 constituencies representing seats for 45 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons, normally...
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St Andrews (redirect from Saint Andrews, Scotland)
and Pittenweem). St Andrews now forms part of the North East Fife constituency, electing one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the...
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Anstruther (redirect from History of Anstruther)
Member of Parliament (MP) together with Kilrenny, Pittenweem, St Andrews, Cupar and Crail. Currently, Anstruther is in the North East Fife UK Parliament constituency...
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Kilrenny and Pittenweem formed the Anstruther Easter district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain....
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Burghs was a district of burghs constituency, representing various burghs of Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem, all in Fife. 1Comprised five parliamentary burghs: Ayr and Irvine in...
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129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. The Scottish Liberal Democrats is one of the three state parties...
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North East Fife (district) (category Districts of Scotland)
Burgh Newport-on-Tay Burgh Pittenweem Burgh St Andrews Burgh St Andrews District St Monance Burgh Tayport Burgh In 1996 Scotland's districts and regions were...
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Malcolm Bruce (redirect from Baron Bruce of Bennachie)
parliament, Bruce served on the Scottish Affairs Select committee, and in 1986 was given a job by David Steel as a Spokesman on Energy and Scotland....
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The Act of Union 1707 and pre-Union Scottish legislation provided for 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scotland to be elected from districts of burghs...
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the new Scottish Parliament in 1999, himself winning the constituency of Orkney with 67% of the votes cast. This meant he served as a Member of both the...
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following list includes all effective burghs in Scotland from the coming into force of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55), in 1893....
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List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union is a list of the constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (the Estates...
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Nicol Stephen (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies)
Scottish Liberal Democrats, he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South from 1999 to 2011, and was leader of the Scottish Liberal...
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Welsh constituencies the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 applied to Scottish constituencies and gave Scotland an additional quota of seats...
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Below is a list of Municipalities of Scotland. Scottish municipalities have existed in the form of burgh, royal burgh, cities and, currently most common...
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with new constituency boundaries being first used in the 1918 general election. In Scotland the legislation defined 32 burgh constituencies, 38 county...
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university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,...
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