Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Roxburghshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Roxburghshire
1708–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Roxburghshire
Replaced by	Roxburgh and Selkirk

Roxburghshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Roxburghshire.

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the county of Roxburgh.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

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		Member [6]	Party
	1708	Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt
	1715	William Douglas
	1722	Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Bt
	1726	Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt
	1727	William Douglas
	1734	John Rutherfurd
	1742	William Douglas
	1747	Walter Scott
	1765	Sir Gilbert Elliot
	1777	Sir Gilbert Elliot
	1784	Sir George Douglas	Whig [7]
	1806	John Rutherfurd
	1812	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
	1814	Sir Alexander Don
	1826	Henry Hepburne-Scott	Tory [7]
	1832	George Elliot	Whig [7] [8]
	1835	Lord John Scott	Conservative [7] [8]
	1837	John Elliot	Whig [7] [8] [9] [10]
	1841	Francis Scott	Conservative [7] [8]
	1847	John Elliot	Whig [7] [8] [9] [10]
	1859	Sir William Scott, Bt	Liberal [8]
	1870	James Innes-Ker	Liberal [8]
	1874	Sir George Scott-Douglas	Conservative [8]
	1880	Arthur Elliot	Liberal [8]
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Mark Napier	Liberal
	1895	The Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative
	1906	John Jardine	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Roxburghshire ^{[7] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Hepburne-Scott	Unopposed
Registered electors			151
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Roxburghshire ^{[7] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Hepburne-Scott	57	80.3
	Whig	Sir William Francis Eliott, 7th Baronet	14	19.7
Majority			43	60.6
Turnout			71	47.0
Registered electors			151
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Roxburghshire ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Elliot	624	53.4	N/A
	Tory	John Douglas-Montagu-Scott	532	45.5	−34.8
	Whig	Sir William Francis Eliott, 7th Baronet	12	1.0	−18.7
Majority			92	7.9	N/A
Turnout			1,168	88.4	+41.4
Registered electors			1,321
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

General election 1835: Roxburghshire ^{[12] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Douglas-Montagu-Scott	757	52.6	+7.1
	Whig	George Elliot	681	47.4	−6.0
Majority			76	5.2	N/A
Turnout			1,438	85.9	−2.5
Registered electors			1,674
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+6.6

General election 1837: Roxburghshire ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Elliot	803	51.4	+4.0
	Conservative	Francis Scott	759	48.6	−4.0
Majority			44	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1,562	80.8	−5.1
Registered electors			1,932
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Scott	830	52.6	+4.0
	Whig	John Elliot	748	47.4	−4.0
Majority			82	5.2	N/A
Turnout			1,578	69.3	−11.5
Registered electors			2,277
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+4.0

General election 1847: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Elliot	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,091
	Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Elliot	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,033
	Whig hold

General election 1857: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Elliot	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,650
	Whig hold

General election 1859: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Scott	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,663
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Scott	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,639
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Scott	750	55.1	N/A
	Conservative	Schomberg Kerr	610	44.9	New
Majority			140	10.2	N/A
Turnout			1,360	81.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,664
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Scott resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 Mar 1870: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Innes-Ker	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1874: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Scott-Douglas	789	50.9	+6.0
	Liberal	James Innes-Ker	762	49.1	-6.0
Majority			27	1.8	N/A
Turnout			1,551	85.5	+3.8
Registered electors			1,813
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Roxburghshire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Elliot	859	50.3	+1.2
	Conservative	George Henry Scott-Douglas	849	49.7	−1.2
Majority			10	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,708	86.3	+0.8
Registered electors			1,978
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.2

General election 1885: Roxburghshire ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Elliot	3,419	63.6	+13.3
	Conservative	Charles Balfour	1,954	36.4	−13.3
Majority			1,465	27.2	+26.6
Turnout			5,373	86.9	+0.6
Registered electors			6,180
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.3

General election 1886: Roxburghshire ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Elliot	2,570	54.5	+18.1
	Liberal	Mark Francis Napier	2,142	45.5	−18.1
Majority			428	9.0	N/A
Turnout			4,712	76.2	−10.7
Registered electors			6,180
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+18.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Roxburghshire ^{[15] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Francis Napier	2,672	51.5	+6.0
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Elliot	2,514	48.5	−6.0
Majority			158	3.0	N/A
Turnout			5,186	86.2	+10.0
Registered electors			6,015
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+6.0

General election 1895: Roxburghshire ^{[16] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Scott	2,929	55.3	+6.8
	Liberal	Mark Francis Napier	2,368	44.7	−6.8
Majority			561	10.6	N/A
Turnout			5,297	88.5	+2.3
Registered electors			5,988
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Roxburghshire ^{[16] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Scott	2,682	53.6	−1.7
	Liberal	John Jardine	2,323	46.4	+1.7
Majority			359	7.2	−3.4
Turnout			5,005	84.4	−4.1
Registered electors			5,931
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

General election 1906: Roxburghshire ^{[17] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jardine	2,829	52.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Richard John Waldie-Griffith	2,514	47.1	−6.5
Majority			315	5.8	N/A
Turnout			5,343	90.8	+6.4
Registered electors			5,884
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Roxburghshire ^{[18] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jardine	2,943	52.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Henry Francis Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu	2,626	47.2	+0.1
Majority			317	5.6	−0.2
Turnout			5,569	92.4	+1.6
Registered electors			6,025
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

General election December 1910: Roxburghshire ^{[18] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jardine	2,908	51.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Neil James Kennedy Cochran-Patrick	2,704	48.2	+1.0
Majority			204	3.6	−2.0
Turnout			5,612	91.8	−0.6
Registered electors			6,114
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

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