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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1868
Selkirkshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk .
Creation [ edit ]
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Selkirkshire .
Boundaries [ edit ]
The constituency covered the whole county of Selkirkshire except for the county town of Selkirk which was represented separately as part of the Lanark Burghs constituency until 1832 when it was combined with Selkirkshire.
History [ edit ]
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1868 general election .[1]
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[5] It was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election results [ edit ]
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Pringle was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury , requiring a by-election.
Pringle resigned after being appointed Clerk of Sasines, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Eliott-Lockhart resigned , causing a by-election.
References [ edit ]
^ "Selkirkshire" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Selkirkshire" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Selkirkshire" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Selkirkshire" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Selkirkshire" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ Fisher, David R. "ELIOTT LOCKHART, William (1764-1832), of Borthwickbrae, Roxburgh" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 211. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via Google Books .
^ Fisher, David R. "PRINGLE, Alexander (1791-1857), of Whytbank and Yair, Selkirk" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ a b Fisher, David R. "Selkirkshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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 .
^ "Selkirk Election" . Newcastle Journal . 1 August 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
Sources [ edit ]
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire