Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Stirling elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
From 1708 Stirlingshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners
1612: Alexander Seton of KilcreuchG. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume III (1903) p. 338. 1644: Sir Thomas Nicolson of CarnockComplete Baronetage, volume II (1902) p. 424. 1648: Laird of Polmala (Murray) 1648: Laird of Garden (Stirling) 1649: Sir James Hope of Keir 1649–50: Sir James Hope of Hopton 1649–50: George Buchanan of that Ilk 1650: Sir Charles Erskine 1661–63: John Murray of Touchedame and Polmais 1661: James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth (died 1661) 1662–63: John Buchanan of that Ilk 1665 convention: William Murray of Donypace 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–72: James Seton the elder of Touch 1667 convention: Charles Erskine of Alvey 1669–74, 1678 (convention): Sir John Stirling of Keir 1674, 1678 (convention), 1681–82, 1685–86: James Seton the younger of Touch 1681–82: Richard Elphinstone of Airth 1685–86: William Livingstone of Kilsyth 1689 convention, 1689–90: Sir Charles Erskine of Alva (died 1690)Complete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) pp. 250–251. 1689 convention, 1689–1701: Sir John Houston of that IlkComplete Baronetage, volume IV, p. 268. 1690–1701: Alexander Monro of Bearcrofts 1690–1700: Alexander Napier of Culcreuch (expelled 1700) 1700-1701: Sir John Schaw, Bt of Greenock (terminated 1701–2) 1702: William Livingstone of Kilsyth 1702–1707: John Grahame of Killearne 1702–1707: James Grahame of Buchlyvie 1702–1707: Robert Rollo of Powhouse
References
See also List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union