4-591: Motherwell North was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It was formed by the division of Motherwell and Wishaw and was later merged into a new creation of the constituency. The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, Clydesdale, and Fortissat. Burgh constituency A burgh constituency
8-478: Is a type of parliamentary constituency in Scotland . It is a constituency which is predominantly urban , and on this basis has been designated as a burgh constituency. They are the successors of the historic parliamentary burghs of the Parliament of Scotland . In 1708 parliamentary burghs were allocated to districts of burghs , each district serving as a constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain . In
12-411: The Parliament of the United Kingdom , from 1801 onwards, this district system continued until it was gradually abolished during the first half of the 20th century. Modern burgh constituencies are much like county constituencies in the way that their boundaries are drawn, but election candidates are allowed lower expenses, as they do not need to travel as much. For British House of Commons elections,
16-636: The allowance is £7,150 and 5p per elector. For by-elections , the allowance is always £100,000. House of Commons constituencies were formerly used for elections to the Scottish Parliament , created in 1999, but they have been de-linked since 2005, by reducing the number of Commons constituencies in Scotland without a corresponding change in the Scottish Parliament. The historic distinction between county and burgh constituencies
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