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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918
Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring Haddington(shire) to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency.
Creation [ edit ]
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Berwickshire . It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.[1]
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Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election results [ edit ]
Berwickshire constituencies electoral history
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
Marjoribanks resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ]
Robertson was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Marjoribanks and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
Marjoribanks
Marjoribanks was appointed Comptroller of the Household , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s [ edit ]
Tennant
Elections in the 1900s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
Seton-Karr
Tennant
References [ edit ]
^ "Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ a b Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh Portrait, Sir John Marjoribanks , Bart, MP (1763–1833)" The Book of the Edinburgh Club, Volume 10, Pp 151-156, ISBN 0-9517284-9-0
^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 197. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Berwickshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ "Scotch Election Intelligence" . Edinburgh Evening Courant . 3 May 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
^ a b c d e f g h i j k British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ a b c Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1896
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
Sources [ edit ]
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire