Editing Caithness (section)

==Parliamentary constituency==
The [[Caithness (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] (1708 to 1801) and the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] (1801 to 1918) represented essentially the county from 1708 to 1918. At the same time however, the county town of [[Wick, Highland|Wick]] was represented as a component of [[Tain Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Tain Burghs]] until 1832 and of [[Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Wick Burghs]] until 1918.

Between 1708 and 1832 the Caithness constituency was paired with [[Buteshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buteshire]] as ''alternating constituencies'': one constituency elected a [[member of parliament]] (MP) to one parliament and then the other elected an MP to the next. Between 1832 and 1918 Caithness elected an MP to every parliament.

In 1918 the Caithness constituency and Wick were merged into the then new constituency of [[Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness and Sutherland]]. In 1997 Caithness and Sutherland was merged into [[Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross]].

The [[Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Scottish Parliament constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross]] was created in 1999 and now has boundaries slightly different from those of the House of Commons constituency. It was replaced by the larger constituency of [[Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Caithness, Sutherland and Ross]] in 2011.

The modern constituencies may be seen as more sub-divisions of the Highland area than as representative of counties (and burghs). For its own purposes, however, the Highland Council uses more conservative sub-divisions, with names which refer back to the era of district councils and, in some cases, county councils.

In the [[Scottish Parliament]] Caithness is represented also as part of the [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands]] [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|electoral region]].