Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirlingshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain and later of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.

Blackburn was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;