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.
Boundaries
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
ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1868 Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt Conservative Previously MP for Peeblesshire 1880 Charles Tennant Liberal 1886 Sir Walter Thorburn Liberal Unionist 1906 Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank Liberal Jan. 1910William Younger Liberal Dec. 1910 Sir Donald Maclean Liberal Subsequently, MP for Peebles and Southern Midlothian 1918 constituency abolished
Elections
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Donald Maclean Unionist: John Buchan
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