Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Roxburgh and Selkirk
Parliament:uk
Year:1918
Abolished:1955
Type:County
Elects Howmany:One
Region:Scotland

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

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918Robert Munro, later Baron AlnessCoalition Liberal
1922Sir Thomas HendersonNational Liberal
1923Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of DalkeithUnionistlater Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry
1935Lord William Montagu Douglas ScottUnionist
1950Archie MacdonaldLiberal
1951Charles DonaldsonUnionistsubsequently MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
1955constituency abolished: see Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;

Elections in the 1950s

Sources