Peebles and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Peebles and Selkirk | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1868–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Peebles and Southern Midlothian Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Created from | Peeblesshire Selkirkshire |
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.
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Boundaries
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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 | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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1868 | Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt | Previously MP for Peeblesshire | ||
1880 | Charles Clow Tennant | Liberal | ||
1886 | Sir Walter Thorburn | Liberal Unionist Party | ||
1906 | Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank | Liberal | ||
Jan. 1910 | William Younger | Liberal | ||
Dec. 1910 | Sir Donald Maclean | Liberal | Subsequently MP for Peebles and Southern Midlothian | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Charles Clow Tennant | 1,746 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery | 1,038 | 37.3 | ||
Majority | 708 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 85.7 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Walter Thorburn | 1,375 | 50.9 | +13.6 | |
Liberal | Sir Charles Clow Tennant | 1,325 | 49.1 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 50 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 83.1 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Walter Thorburn | 1,603 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal | Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael | 1,367 | 46.0 | ||
Majority | 236 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 87.4 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Sir Walter Thorburn | 1,563 | 50.9 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Alexander Murray, The Master of Elibank | 1,509 | 49.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 54 | 1.8 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 87.7 | +0.3 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Sir Walter Thorburn | 1,598 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal | Edward Priaulx Tennant | 1,387 | 46.5 | ||
Majority | 211 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 82.8 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alexander Murray, The Master of Elibank | 1,955 | 55.8 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | Sir Walter Thorburn | 1,549 | 44.2 | -9.3 | |
Majority | 406 | 11.6 | 18.6 | ||
Turnout | 91.5 | +8.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +9.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Younger | 1,941 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Samuel Strang Steel | 1,735 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 206 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 91.2 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Donald Maclean | 1,965 | 52.7 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Samuel Strang Steel | 1,764 | 47.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 201 | 5.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 90.8 | -0.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.1 |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Donald Maclean
- Unionist: John Buchan
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1892
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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