Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Roxburghshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918, when it was combined with Selkirk (from Peebles and Selkirk to from Roxburgh and Selkirk. The constituency was again adjusted in 1955 with the addition of Peebles to form Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles and again in 1983 to Roxburgh and Berwickshire. The latest incarnation is Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk formed in 2005.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Roxburghshire
| Roxburghshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
1708 Sir Gilbert Eliott
1715 William Douglas
1722 Sir Gilbert Eliott
1727 William Douglas
1734 John Rutherfurd
1742 William Douglas
1747 Walter Scott
1765 Sir Gilbert Elliot
1777 Sir Gilbert Elliot, later Earl of Minto
1784 Sir George Douglas
1806 John Rutherford
1812 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, later Earl of Minto
1814 Sir Alexander Don
1826 Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott, later Lord Polwarth
1832 George Elliot
1835 Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott
1837 John Edmund Elliot
1841 Francis Scott
1847 John Edmund Elliot
1859 Sir William Scott
1870 James Henry Robert Ker, Marquess of Bowmont,later Duke of Roxburghe
1874 Sir George Henry Scott Douglas
1880 Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot
1892 Mark Francis Napier
1895 John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, later Duke of Buccleuch
1906 Sir John Jardine
[edit] Roxburgh and Selkirk
| Roxburgh and Selkirk County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
1918 Robert Munro, later Baron Alness, Coalition Liberal
1922 Sir Thomas Henderson, National Liberal
1923 Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, later Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Conservative
1935 Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Unionist
1950 Archibald James Florence Macdonald, Liberal
1951 Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson, Conservative
[edit] Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
| Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1955 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
1955 Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson, Conservative
1965 David Martin Scott Steel, later Baron Steel of Aikwood, Liberal
[edit] Roxburgh and Berwickshire
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983: Sir Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Archibald Kirkwood | 14,044 | 48.8 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | George Turnbull | 6,533 | 22.7 | -1.2 | |
| Labour | Catherine Maxwell Stuart | 4,498 | 15.6 | +0.7 | |
| Scottish National Party | Roderick Campbell | 2,806 | 9.7 | -1.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Amanda Millar | 463 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Peter Neilson | 453 | 1.6 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 7,511 | 26.1 | |||
| Turnout | 28,797 | 60.6 | -13.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
