Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Roxburgh and Selkirk County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Roxburgh and Selkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and first used in the 1918 general election, to cover the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
At least nominally, the counties had been covered previously by the Roxburghshire and Peebles and Selkirk constituencies.
For the 1955 general election, as a result of the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission, the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency was abolished and the Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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| 1918 | Robert Munro, later Baron Alness | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1922 | Sir Thomas Henderson | National Liberal | ||
| 1923 | Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | Unionist | later Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry | |
| 1935 | Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott | Unionist | ||
| 1950 | Archibald James Florence Macdonald | Liberal | ||
| 1951 | Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson | Unionist | subsequently MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished: see Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles | |||
[edit] Election results
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| General Election 1931: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Earl of Dalkeith | 21,394 | 55.1 | +17.1 | |
| Liberal | D.E. Keir | 17,420 | 44.9 | +10.5 | |
| Majority | 3,974 | 10.2 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,814 | 84.4 | +5.9 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.
