Peebles and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Peebles and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Peebles and Selkirk
Type = County
Year = 1868
Abolition = 1918
members = One

Peebles and Selkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the counties of Peebles and Selkirk.

From 1708 to 1868 the counties had been covered, at least nominally, by the Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire constituencies.

When the Peebles and Selkirk constituency was abolished in 1918, the Peebles and Southern Midlothian and Roxburgh and Selkirk constituencies were created.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Murray
votes = 1,955
percentage = 55.8
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Walter Thorburn
votes = 1,549
percentage = 44.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Walter Thorburn
votes = 1,375
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Charles Tennant, Bt
votes = 1,325
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Charles Tennant, Bt
votes = 1,746
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt
votes = 1,038
percentage =
change =

References

See also


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