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Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Roxburghshire was a Scottish 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.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Roxburghshire.

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the county of Roxburgh.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.[1][2][3][4][5]

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Scott resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

  1. ^ "Roxburghshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Roxburghshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Roxburghshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Roxburghshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Roxburghshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 210–211. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  9. ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. pp. 84–85. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b "Latest State of Polls". Leeds Intelligencer. 12 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Roxburghshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  12. ^ The Spectator, 13 January 1835
  13. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  15. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1892
  16. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  17. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  18. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916