Selkirkshire was a Scottish

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represented in the

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of the

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from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with

Peeblesshire Peeblesshire ( gd, Siorrachd nam Pùballan), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lan ...

to form

Peebles and Selkirk 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 ...

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former

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shire constituency of

Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk ( gd, Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. ...

Boundaries

The constituency covered the whole county of

except for the county town of Selkirk which was represented separately as part of the

Lanark Burghs Lanark Burghs (also known as Linlithgow Burghs) was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster Palace, Westminster) from 1708 to 1832 ...

constituency until 1832 when it was combined with Selkirkshire.

History

The constituency elected one

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by the

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system until the seat was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was combined with

to form

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Pringle was appointed a

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, requiring a by-election. Pringle resigned after being appointed Clerk of Sesines, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Eliott-Lockhart

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, causing a by-election.

References

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History of Parliament: constituencies
* Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868 {{UK-hist-constituency-stub