1955:
1950:
1935:
207:
84:
188:
80:
159:
70:
155:
66:
1920:
793:
267:
1330:
200:
166:
1506:
165:
The boundaries of the
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency were unaltered when the results of the Second Periodical Review were implemented for the
100:
36:
128:
112:
1682:
1138:
975:
610:
451:
309:
287:
245:
184:
173:
132:
48:
44:
218:
districts of the same region, were created. The
Tweedale district had been created with the boundaries of the former county of Peebles.
647:
488:
346:
250:
203:
104:
1908:
880:
700:
180:
771:
640:
584:
481:
438:
339:
255:
1788:
1744:
1589:
1568:
1413:
1392:
1234:
1190:
1037:
956:
854:
718:
215:
1945:
1940:
108:
282:
Leader of the
Liberal Party 1976–1988; subsequently MP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 1983
136:
116:
96:
30:
1839:
1712:
1661:
1536:
1485:
1360:
1308:
1195:
1167:
1111:
1005:
949:
822:
672:
512:
370:
277:
1767:
1610:
1434:
1213:
1060:
875:
695:
534:
390:
144:
140:
1847:
1669:
1493:
1316:
1119:
961:
779:
592:
148:
517:
1929:
1821:
1643:
1467:
1290:
1093:
931:
753:
567:
421:
1909:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
1749:
1042:
196:
1719:
1543:
1367:
1172:
1012:
829:
677:
539:
272:
1956:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
211:
1951:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1955
1702:
1526:
1350:
1158:
995:
812:
630:
471:
329:
192:
127:
The constituency was first defined by the First
Periodical Review of the
158:
constituency, and the county of
Peebles was previously covered by the
260:
Previously MP for
Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1951; died December 1964
187:. The Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency was abolished. The
154:
The counties of
Roxburgh and Selkirk were previously covered by the
1882:
British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, F. W. S. Craig.
1936:
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
16:
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1983
172:
In 1975, Scottish counties were abolished under the
76:
62:
54:
43:
23:
183:boundaries, and results were implemented for the
179:The Third Periodical Review took account of new
1921:1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election
794:1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election
8:
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1892:
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1872:
1870:
1680:
1504:
1328:
1136:
973:
791:
608:
449:
307:
20:
286:
225:
1866:
859:Sir Robert Lindley McEwen, 3rd Baronet
1820:
1689:
1642:
1513:
1466:
1337:
1289:
1145:
1092:
982:
930:
799:
752:
617:
566:
458:
420:
316:
7:
1900:The Times House of Commons, 1950-70.
174:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
111:) from 1955 to 1983. It elected one
85:Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
1685:: Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
1509:: Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
1333:: Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
14:
1141:: Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
978:: Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
613:: Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
454:: Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
312:: Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
208:Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
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1409:
1388:
1355:
1253:
1230:
1209:
1186:
1163:
1056:
1033:
1000:
894:
871:
850:
817:
714:
691:
668:
635:
530:
508:
476:
386:
366:
334:
105:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1331:General election February 1974
167:February 1974 general election
1:
1507:General election October 1974
210:constituency, related to the
191:constituency, related to the
93:Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
24:Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
81:Roxburgh & Berwickshire
1972:
1838:
1806:
1701:
1698:
1695:
1692:
1660:
1628:
1525:
1522:
1519:
1516:
1484:
1452:
1349:
1346:
1343:
1340:
1307:
1275:
1157:
1154:
1151:
1148:
1110:
1078:
994:
991:
988:
985:
948:
914:
811:
808:
805:
802:
770:
738:
629:
626:
623:
620:
583:
553:
470:
467:
464:
461:
437:
407:
328:
325:
322:
319:
291:
228:
189:Roxburgh and Berwickshire
28:
898:Independent Nationalist
131:, and first used in the
71:Midlothian & Peebles
292:constituency abolished
1573:Christine M. Anderson
1133:Elections in the 1970s
605:Elections in the 1960s
304:Elections in the 1950s
216:Ettrick and Lauderdale
160:Midlothian and Peebles
67:Roxburgh & Selkirk
1683:General election 1979
1139:General election 1970
976:General election 1966
611:General election 1964
452:General election 1959
395:Lawrence A. Morrison
310:General election 1955
222:Members of Parliament
185:1983 general election
133:1955 general election
156:Roxburgh and Selkirk
113:Member of Parliament
1772:David Albert Heald
1686:
1615:David Allan Graham
1510:
1439:David Allan Graham
1334:
1260:William R. Cassell
1142:
979:
901:Anthony J. C. Kerr
796:
723:Anthony J. C. Kerr
614:
455:
313:
129:Boundary Commission
117:first past the post
97:county constituency
31:county constituency
1681:
1505:
1329:
1196:Russell Fairgrieve
1137:
974:
792:
609:
450:
375:Stanley E. Graham
308:
1858:
1857:
1679:
1678:
1503:
1502:
1327:
1326:
1218:Lionel Griffiths
1130:
1129:
972:
971:
790:
789:
648:Charles Donaldson
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601:
489:Charles Donaldson
448:
447:
347:Charles Donaldson
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295:
251:Charles Donaldson
199:districts of the
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89:
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1687:
1528:
1511:
1352:
1335:
1160:
1143:
997:
980:
814:
797:
632:
615:
473:
456:
331:
314:
299:Election results
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181:local government
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1925:
1917:
1905:
1904:
1899:
1886:
1881:
1868:
1863:
1397:J. Stuart Thom
1135:
607:
518:John MacCormick
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301:
224:
135:, to cover the
125:
119:voting system.
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33:
17:
12:
11:
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1793:Angus Stewart
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1257:Anti-Abortion
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1239:Hamish Hastie
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1065:Colin Lindsay
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162:constituency.
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73:
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1438:
1436:
1433:
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1426:
1423:
1420:
1418:David Purves
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1946:Selkirkshire
1941:Peeblesshire
1842:
1750:Gerry Malone
1745:Conservative
1735:
1730:
1725:
1718:
1711:
1664:
1569:Conservative
1559:
1554:
1549:
1542:
1535:
1488:
1393:Conservative
1383:
1378:
1373:
1366:
1359:
1311:
1269:
1248:
1191:Conservative
1114:
1043:Ian McIntyre
1038:Conservative
1028:
1023:
1018:
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1004:
957:Conservative
952:
924:
855:Conservative
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115:(MP) by the
92:
91:
63:Created from
18:
1720:David Steel
1544:David Steel
1368:David Steel
1173:David Steel
1013:David Steel
830:David Steel
678:David Steel
540:Tam Dalyell
444:(new seat)
273:David Steel
109:Westminster
77:Replaced by
1930:Categories
1861:References
1693:Candidate
1517:Candidate
1341:Candidate
1149:Candidate
986:Candidate
803:Candidate
621:Candidate
462:Candidate
320:Candidate
206:, and the
123:Boundaries
1807:Majority
1629:Majority
1453:Majority
1276:Majority
1079:Majority
915:Majority
739:Majority
554:Majority
408:Majority
212:Tweeddale
1915:See also
772:Unionist
641:Unionist
585:Unionist
482:Unionist
439:Unionist
340:Unionist
256:Unionist
229:Election
193:Roxburgh
141:Roxburgh
137:counties
35:for the
1840:Liberal
1826:48,948
1822:Turnout
1810:10,690
1754:15,303
1726:25,993
1713:Liberal
1662:Liberal
1648:45,833
1644:Turnout
1576:12,573
1550:20,006
1537:Liberal
1486:Liberal
1472:49,439
1468:Turnout
1400:16,690
1374:25,707
1361:Liberal
1309:Liberal
1295:46,202
1291:Turnout
1200:18,974
1177:19,524
1168:Liberal
1112:Liberal
1098:45,134
1094:Turnout
1047:18,396
1019:20,607
1006:Liberal
950:Liberal
936:43,838
932:Turnout
862:16,942
836:21,549
823:Liberal
758:44,209
754:Turnout
748:−17.50
688:+10.11
682:17,185
673:Liberal
654:18,924
572:44,373
568:Turnout
522:12,762
513:Liberal
495:22,275
426:45,976
422:Turnout
378:14,755
371:Liberal
353:21,925
278:Liberal
201:Borders
149:Peebles
145:Selkirk
103:of the
99:of the
29:Former
1802:−12.8
1796:3,502
1775:4,150
1768:Labour
1696:Votes
1690:Party
1632:7,433
1618:4,076
1611:Labour
1603:+12.0
1597:9,178
1520:Votes
1514:Party
1462:+17.0
1456:9,017
1442:3,089
1435:Labour
1421:3,953
1344:Votes
1338:Party
1321:-1.86
1301:−4.10
1298:80.70
1285:−2.71
1242:3,147
1227:−3.95
1221:4,454
1214:Labour
1206:+0.31
1203:41.07
1183:−3.40
1180:42.26
1152:Votes
1146:Party
1101:84.80
1082:2,211
1071:13.58
1068:6,131
1061:Labour
1050:40.76
1024:45.66
989:Votes
983:Party
918:4,607
885:4,936
876:Labour
846:+10.4
806:Votes
800:Party
784:-8.75
764:+2.23
761:82.24
742:1,739
726:1,093
711:−5.19
708:15.85
705:7,007
696:Labour
685:38.87
664:−7.39
659:42.81
624:Votes
618:Party
575:80.01
560:21.44
557:9,513
547:21.04
544:9,336
535:Labour
525:28.76
500:50.20
465:Votes
459:Party
429:80.79
414:15.60
411:7,170
401:20.22
398:9,296
391:Labour
381:32.09
358:47.69
323:Votes
317:Party
238:Notes
232:Member
204:region
95:was a
1852:+6.7
1848:Swing
1832:+2.7
1829:82.0
1816:+5.6
1813:21.8
1781:−0.4
1760:+3.9
1757:31.3
1736:+9.5
1731:53.1
1670:Swing
1654:−6.7
1651:79.3
1638:−2.0
1635:16.2
1624:+2.7
1600:20.0
1582:−6.4
1579:27.4
1560:−8.4
1555:43.6
1494:Swing
1478:+5.3
1475:86.0
1459:18.2
1448:−3.4
1427:+1.2
1406:−7.3
1403:33.8
1384:+9.7
1379:52.0
1317:Swing
1282:1.19
1266:0.22
1245:6.81
1224:9.64
1124:-2.9
1120:Swing
1104:+3.3
1088:−5.7
1085:4.90
1074:+2.4
1053:+2.2
1029:−3.5
966:+7.3
962:Swing
955:from
942:−0.7
939:81.5
921:10.6
910:−1.6
891:−4.6
888:11.2
868:−4.2
865:38.6
841:49.2
780:Swing
745:3.94
729:2.47
593:Swing
235:Party
55:Seats
1843:hold
1799:7.2
1778:8.5
1665:hold
1621:8.9
1489:hold
1445:6.2
1424:8.0
1312:hold
1279:550
1263:103
1115:hold
953:gain
907:0.9
904:411
775:hold
588:hold
288:1983
268:1965
246:1955
214:and
195:and
147:and
49:1983
45:1955
1789:SNP
1590:SNP
1414:SNP
1270:New
1249:New
1235:SNP
925:N/A
733:New
719:SNP
442:win
139:of
58:One
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