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Peebles and Selkirk was a
county constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
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of the House of Commons
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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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(Westminster
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) from 1868 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the first past the post
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voting system.
Boundaries
The name relates the constituency to thecounties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of Peebles
Peebles ( gd, Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census, the population was 8,376 and the estimated population in June 2018 wa ...
and Selkirk.
From 1708 to 1868 the counties had been covered, at least nominally, by the Peeblesshire and 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. ...
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
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Liberal: Donald Maclean *Unionist: John BuchanReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peebles And Selkirk (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Peeblesshire Selkirkshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868