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Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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][2][3][4][5]

Members of Parliament

Election results

Berwickshire constituencies electoral history

Elections in the 1830s

Marjoribanks resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Robertson was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Marjoribanks and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Marjoribanks

Marjoribanks was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Tennant

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Seton-Karr
Tennant

References

  1. ^ "Berwickshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Berwickshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Berwickshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Berwickshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Berwickshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Berwickshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Scotch Election Intelligence". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 3 May 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
  12. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  14. ^ a b c Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  15. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1896
  16. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  17. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

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