Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Renfrewshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1885

Renfrewshire was a 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 1932, and another component of Kilmarnock Burghs.

Member of Parliament

*1708 Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet
*1710 Sir Robert Pollock
*1722 Thomas Cochrane
*1727 Sir John Shaw
*1734 Alexander Cuninghame
*1742 William Mure
*1761 Patrick Crauford
*1768 William McDowall
*1774 John Crauford
*1780 John Shaw-Stewart
*1783 William McDowall
*1786 John Shaw-Stewart
*1796 Boyd Alexander
*1802 William McDowall
*1810 Archibald Speirs
*1818 John Maxwell
*1830 Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart
*1837 George Houstoun
*1841 Patrick Maxwell Stewart
*1846 William Mure
*1855 Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart
*1865 Archibald Alexander Speirs
*1869 Henry Bruce
*1873 Archibald Campbell
*1874 William Mure
*1880 Alexander Crum

See also