Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Peeblesshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Peeblesshire
1708–1868
Number of members One
Replaced by Peebles & Selkirk

Peeblesshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 until 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the county of Peebles. Article XII of the Union with Scotland Act 1706 (Act settling the Manner of electing the Representatives of Scotland), provided that one representative should be chosen for every shire and steuartry (except for some shires which were to take turns).[1]

This arrangement was continued by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832.[2]

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 abolished the rights of the counties of Peebles and Selkirk to return a member, and provided that those counties should jointly return a member, thereby establishing the Peebles and Selkirk constituency.[3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4]Party
1708William Morison
1710Alexander Murray, later 3rd Baronet
1713William Morison
1715Alexander Murray(c. 1686–1755)
1722John Douglas
1732 by-electionSir James Naesmyth, 2nd Baronet
1741Alexander Murray(c. 1686–1755)
1747John Dickson
1767 by-electionAdam Hay
1768James William Montgomery
June 1775 by-electionAdam Hay
December 1775 by-electionSir Robert Murray-Keith
1780Alexander Murray
1783 by-electionAlexander Murray, later 7th Lord Elibank
1784David Murray
1790William Montgomery
1800 by-electionSir James Montgomery, 2nd Bt
1831 by-electionSir George Montgomery, 2nd Bt Tory[5]
1831 John Hay Tory[5]
1834 Conservative[6][5]
1837William Forbes MackenzieConservative[6][5]
1852Graham Graham-Montgomery Conservative[6]
1868 Constituency abolished. See Peebles and Selkirk

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Peeblesshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Graham-Montgomery Unopposed
Registered electors 542
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: Peeblesshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Graham-Montgomery Unopposed
Registered electors 394
Conservative hold
General Election 1859: Peeblesshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Graham-Montgomery Unopposed
Registered electors 407
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Peeblesshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Graham-Montgomery Unopposed
Registered electors 499
Conservative hold

Graham-Montgomery was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 24 July 1866: Peeblesshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Graham-Montgomery Unopposed
Conservative hold

References

  1. ↑ Union with Scotland Act 1706
  2. ↑ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Schedule A.
  3. ↑ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, section 10.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  5. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 208. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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