The Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1 May 1707 to 26 May 1708, were not elected like their colleagues from England and Wales, but rather hand-picked.
Under the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland it was provided: "III.
A special provision for the 1st Parliament of Great Britain was "that the Sixteen Peers and Forty five Commissioners for Shires and Burghs shall be chosen by the Peers, Barrons and Burghs respectively in this present session of Parliament and out of the members thereof in the same manner that Committees of Parliament are usually now chosen shall be the members of the respective Houses of the said first Parliament of Great Britain for and on the part of Scotland ..." The Kingdom of Great Britain came into existence on 1 May 1707.
First meeting and maximum legal term: Parliament first met on 23 October 1707.
The Scottish legislation prescribed the constituencies from which the members of the Commons from Scotland were in future to be elected.