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 1918 Robert Munro Coalition Liberal later Baron Alness 1922 National Liberal 1922 Sir Thomas Henderson National Liberal 1923 Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott Unionist later Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry 1935 William Montagu-Douglas-Scott Unionist 1950 Archie Macdonald Liberal 1951 Charles Donaldson Unionist subsequently MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles 1955 constituency abolished: see Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
Election results Election in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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; Unionist Party: William Montagu-Douglas-Scott Liberal Party: James Scott
Elections in the 1950s
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