Selkirkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Selkirkshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk. The county town of Selkirk was represented separately as part of the Lanark Burghs constituency until 1832 when it was combined with Selkirkshire.

Members of Parliament

  ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1708 John Pringle I appointed Lord of Session in 1729, as Lord Haining
1730 by-election James Rutherford
1734 John Murray Previously MP for Lanark Burghs 1725–34. Hereditary Sheriff of Selkirk 1708–34.
1753 by-election Gilbert Elliot
1765 by-election John Pringle II second son of Lord Haining
1786 by-election Mark Pringle
1802 John Rutherford
1806 William Eliott-Lockhart
1830 Alexander Pringle
1832 Robert Pringle Liberal
1835 Alexander Pringle Conservative
1846 by-election Allan Eliott-Lockhart Conservative
1861 by-election The Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott Conservative Later 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. MP for South Hampshire 1868–84.
1868 constituency abolished. See Peebles and Selkirk

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Selkirkshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Eliott-Lockhart Unopposed
Registered electors 497
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: Selkirkshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Eliott-Lockhart Unopposed
Registered electors 362
Conservative hold
General Election 1859: Selkirkshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Eliott-Lockhart Unopposed
Registered electors 361
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Eliott-Lockhart resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 August 1861: Selkirkshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu 158 53.7 N/A
Liberal William Napier[2] 136 46.3 N/A
Majority 22 7.5 N/A
Turnout 294 81.4 N/A
Registered electors 361
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1865: Selkirkshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu 227 53.7 N/A
Liberal William Napier 196 46.3 N/A
Majority 31 7.3 N/A
Turnout 423 84.3 N/A
Registered electors 502
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. ↑ "Selkirk Election". Newcastle Journal. 1 August 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 604. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  • History of Parliament: constituencies
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)


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