Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)
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Midlothian and Peebles North County constituency |
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Created: | 1918 |
Abolished: | 1950 |
Type: | House of Commons |
Members: | one |
Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. Along with Peebles and Southern, it was formed by dividing the old Midlothian constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Calder and Suburban County Districts, the burgh of Dalkeith, and that part of the Lasswade County District which is included in the extra-burghal portions of the parishes of Dalkeith and Inveresk."
[edit] Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir John Augustus Hope | Unionist | |
1922 | George Aitken Clark Hutchison | Unionist | |
1923 | Andrew Bathgate Clarke | Labour | |
1924 | Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison | Unionist | |
1929 | Andrew Bathgate Clarke | Labour | |
1929 | David John Colville | Unionist | |
1943 | Sir Thomas David King Murray | Unionist | |
1945 | Lord John Adrian Hope | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
[edit] Election results
General Election 1931: Midlothian and Peebles Northern | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lt Col David John Colville | 22,211 | |||
Labour | Andrew Bathgate Clarke | 8,501 |
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.