After the House called in counsel, the election petitions and representations in writing were read out and the lawyers put forward arguments for their clients.
The House rejected the motion and so declared that Lord Strathnaver was ineligible to be elected an MP for Tain Burghs.
[7] The most prominent English political figure, to represent a Scottish constituency in the 18th century, was Charles James Fox.
As Westminster had the largest electorate of any English borough, the scrutiny of votes (to check that each voter had been legally qualified to participate in the election) was thought likely to take a long time.
To avoid Fox being out of Parliament, until the Westminster election petition was decided, a Scottish friend arranged for him to become member for Tain Burghs.
The primary source for the results was Stooks Smith with additional information from the History of Parliament series.