Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Berwickshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when its name was changed to Berwick and Haddington.

Contents 1 Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 Sources

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1708 George Baillie

• 1734 Lord Polwarth

• 1761 James Pringle

• 1779 Sir John Paterson

• 1780 Hugh Hepburne-Scott

• 1784 Patrick Home

• 1796 George Baillie

• 1818 Sir John Marjoribanks

• 1826 Anthony Maitland

• 1832 Charles Albany Marjoribanks

• 1834 Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell

• 1847 Francis Scott

• 1859 David Robertson

• 1873 William Miller

• 1874 Robert Baillie-Hamilton

• 1880 Edward Marjoribanks Liberal

• 1894 Harold Tennant, Liberal

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Berwickshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold John Tennant	2,975
	Conservative	R. Fitzroy Bell	1,624

General Election 1886: Berwickshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon Edward Marjoribanks	2,778
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Henry Elliot	1,177

After accepting office as Comptroller of the Household, Edward Marjoribanks was returned unopposed at a by-election on 14 February 1886.

General Election 1885: Berwickshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon Edward Marjoribanks	3,758
	Conservative	Lieut Col David Milne-Home	1,225

[edit] See also

v • d • e Westminster constituencies of Scotland 1708 to 1832 · 1832 to 1868 · 1868 to 1885 · 1885 to 1918 · 1918 to 1950 · 1950 to 1955 · 1955 to 1974 · 1974 to 1983 · 1983 to 1997 · 1997 to 2005 Current constituencies (2005 to present) Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

[edit] Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.