Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Roxburghshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1918
members = One

Roxburghshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 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 county of Roxburgh.

When the constituency was abolished in 1918, the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk

Member of Parliament

1708 Sir Gilbert Eliott

1715 William Douglas

1722 Sir Gilbert Eliott

1727 William Douglas

1734 John Rutherfurd

1742 William Douglas

1747 Walter Scott

1765 Sir Gilbert Elliot 1777 Sir Gilbert Elliot 1784 Sir George Douglas 1806 John Rutherford 1812 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 1814 Sir Alexander Don 1826 Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott 1832 George Elliot 1835 Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott 1837 John Edmund Elliot 1841 Francis Scott 1847 John Edmund Elliot 1859 Sir William Scott 1870 The Marquess of Bowmont 1874 Sir George Scott-Douglas 1880 Arthur Elliot 1892 Mark Francis Napier 1895 The Earl of Dalkeith 1906 John Jardine, Liberal

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Jardine
votes = 2,829
percentage = 52.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith
votes = 2,514
percentage = 47.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Hon Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot
votes = 2,570
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hon Mark Francis Napier
votes = 2,142
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hon Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot
votes = 3,419
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Barrington Balfour
votes = 1,945
percentage =
change =

References

See also