Roxburghshire was a Scottish

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of the

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(at

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) from 1708 to 1801, and of the

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(also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the

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and replaced the former

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shire constituency of

Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the

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Roxburgh Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at leas ...

History

The constituency elected one

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by the

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system until the seat was abolished in 1918. When the constituency was abolished in 1918, the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Scott resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roxburghshire (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Politics of the Scottish Borders Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708 Roxburgh