Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Roxburgh and Selkirk
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
Created from	Roxburghshire Peebles and Selkirk

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	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

Election results

Robert Munro

General Election 1918: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[1] Electorate 33,604
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Rt Hon. Robert Munro	13,043		n/a
	Labour	Thomas Hamilton	5,574		n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Coalition Liberal win

Elections in the 1920s

Sir H. Grant

General Election 1922: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Sir Thomas Henderson	10,356	51.7
	Liberal	Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant	9,698	48.3	n/a
Majority			658	3.4
Turnout			20,054	60.9
	National Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	11,258	43.1	n/a
	Liberal	Sir Thomas Henderson	8,046	30.8	n/a
	Labour	George Dallas	6,811	26.1	n/a
Majority			3,212	12.3	n/a
Turnout			26,115	78.2	+17.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

George Dallas

General Election 1924: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	12,684	45.8
	Liberal	John M. Wylie	7,737	27.9
	Labour	George Dallas	7,266	26.2
Majority			4,947	17.9
Turnout			27,687
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	13,510	38.0	-7.8
	Liberal	Arthur Robert McDougal	12,232	34.4	+6.5
	Labour	Robert Gibson	9,803	27.6	+1.4
Majority			1,278	3.6	-14.3
Turnout			35,545	78.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.2

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Roxburgh & Selkirk^[6] Electorate 45,975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	21,394	55.1	+17.1
	Liberal	David 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

General Election 1935: Roxburgh & Selkirk ^[7] Electorate 47,037
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott	18,342	50.0	-5.1
	Liberal	Arthur Robert McDougal	12,264	33.4	-11.5
	Labour	James Alexander Cuthburt Thomson	6,099	16.6	n/a
Majority			6,078	16.6
Turnout			36,705	78.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1940s

A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;

Unionist Party: Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott
Liberal Party: Arthur Robert McDougal

General Election 1945: Roxburgh & Selkirk Electorate 47,407
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lt-Col. Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott MC	13,232	37.9	-12.1
	Liberal	Archibald James Florence Macdonald	11,604	33.2	-0.2
	Labour	LP Thomas	10,107	28.9	+12.3
Majority			1,628	4.7
Turnout				73.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.0

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950 Electorate 47,430
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald James Florence Macdonald	15,347	39.4	+6.2
	Unionist	Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott	14,191	36.4	-1.5
	Labour	LP Thomas	9,413	24.2	-4.7
Majority			1,156	3.0	-1.7
Turnout				82.1	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+3.9

General Election 1951 Electorate 47,614
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson	16,438	40.6	+4.2
	Liberal	Archibald James Florence Macdonald	15,609	38.6	-0.8
	Labour	Thomas White	8,395	20.8	-3.4
Majority			829	2.0	5.0
Turnout				84.9	+2.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

References

↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

Sources

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

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