From 1707, a joint 'British' throne replaced the English and Scottish thrones and a joint Parliament of Great Britain replaced the Scottish and English parliaments. Scotland and England were given seats in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords of the new Parliament, although Scotland's representation in both houses was smaller than her population indicated that it should have been. Scotland was only permitted to elect forty-five Commons and sixteen representative peerss. (A devolved Scottish Parliament was re-established on 1 July1999 following a referendum on 11 September 1997.)
