Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Roxburgh and Selkirk
Type = County
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1955
members = One

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 results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Earl of Dalkeith
votes = 21,394
percentage = 55.1
change = +17.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D.E. Keir
votes = 17,420
percentage = 44.9
change = +10.5Election box majority
votes = 3,974
percentage = 10.2
change = +6.6Election box turnout
votes = 38,814
percentage = 84.4
change = +5.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
swing =

References

*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
*Rayment-hc

See also