Fife (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
It elected one Member of Parliament
(MP) using the first-past-the-post
voting system.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into East Fife and West Fife.
It elected one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) using the first-past-the-post
First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...
voting system.
Members of Parliament
- 1708 Patrick Moncreiff
- 1709 Sir Robert AnstrutherSir Robert Anstruther, 1st BaronetSir Robert Anstruther, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician.He was made a baronet in 1694, Wrae, Linlithgowshire, and Balcaskie, Fife and Braemore, Caithness...
- 1710 Sir Alexander Erskine
- 1715 Sir John Anstruther, 1st BaronetSir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet (1700 creation)Sir John Anstruther, Baronet was a Scottish politician.He served as Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs from 1708–1712 and from 1713–1715 and for Fife from 1715–1741....
- 1741 David Scott
- 1747 James OswaldJames Oswald (younger)James Oswald was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1768.Oswald was the son of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy. He was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1733...
- 1754 James St ClairJames St ClairGeneral The Hon. James St Clair , was a Scottish soldier and Whig politician.-Background:St Clair was the second son of Henry St Clair, 10th Lord Sinclair and his wife Grizel Cockburn, daughter of Sir James Cockburn, 1st Baronet...
- 1763 James Wemyss
- 1768 John Scott
- 1776 James Townsend OswaldJames Townsend OswaldJames Townsend Oswald was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1779.Oswald was the son of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy. The Oswald family became the dominant force in Kirkcaldy politics in the 18th century and Dysart, the second largest burgh was...
- 1779 Robert Skene
- 1780 John HendersonHenderson BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Henderson, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
- 1780 Robert Skene
- 1787 William Wemyss
- 1796 Sir William Erskine, 2nd BaronetSir William Erskine, 2nd BaronetMajor-General Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet was an officer in the British Army, served as a member of Parliament, and achieved important commands in the Napoleonic Wars under the Duke of Wellington, but ended his service in insanity and suicide.He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sir...
- 1806 Robert Ferguson
- 1807 William Wemyss
- 1820 James Erskine WemyssJames Erskine WemyssJames Erskine Wemyss was a Scottish MP and Rear-Admiral.He was the son of William Wemyss by his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet. In 1820 he succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Fife, sitting until 1831...
- 1831 James LindsayJames LindsayJames Lindsay may refer to:*James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford , Victorian astronomer and politician*James Alexander Lindsay , British Conservative Member of Parliament for Wigan...
- 1832 James Erskine WemyssJames Erskine WemyssJames Erskine Wemyss was a Scottish MP and Rear-Admiral.He was the son of William Wemyss by his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet. In 1820 he succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Fife, sitting until 1831...
- 1847 John Fergus
- 1859 James Hay Erskine WemyssJames Hay Erskine WemyssJames Hay Erskine Wemyss was a Scottish Member of Parliament, representing Fife from 1859 until his death....
- 1864 Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th BaronetSir Robert Anstruther, 5th BaronetSir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1864 and 1886....
- 1880 Robert Preston BruceRobert Preston BruceRobert Preston Bruce was a British Liberal Party politician.Bruce was the second son of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and his wife Lady Mary Louisa...