Roxburgh and Selkirk

Roxburgh and Selkirk
Roxburgh and Selkirk
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Roxburghshire; Peebles and Selkirk; Hawick Burghs
Replaced by	Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles

Roxburgh and Selkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

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Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1918	Robert Munro	Coalition Liberal	later Baron Alness
	1922	Robert Munro	National Liberal
	1922	Sir Thomas Henderson	National Liberal
	1923	Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott	Unionist	later Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry
	1935	William Montagu-Douglas-Scott	Unionist
	1950	Archie Macdonald	Liberal
	1951	Charles Donaldson	Unionist	subsequently MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles
1955		constituency abolished: see Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	National Liberal	Robert Munro	13,043	70.1
	Labour	Thomas Hamilton	5,574	29.9
Majority			7,469	40.2
Turnout			22,407	55.4
	National Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Thomas Henderson	10,356	51.7	—18.4
	Liberal	Alfred Hamilton Grant	9,698	48.3	N/A
Majority			658	3.4	N/A
Turnout			20,054	60.9	+5.5
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott	11,258	43.1	*New*
	Liberal	Thomas Henderson	8,046	30.8	−17.5
	Labour	George Dallas	6,811	26.1	New
Majority			3,212	12.3	N/A
Turnout			26,115	78.2	+17.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott	12,684	45.8	+2.7
	Liberal	John McIlroy Wylie	7,737	27.9	−2.9
	Labour	George Dallas	7,266	26.2	+0.1
Majority			4,947	17.9	+5.6
Turnout			27,687
	Unionist hold		Swing

Boundaries

Roxburgh and Selkirk
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Roxburghshire Peebles and Selkirk Hawick Burghs
Replaced by	Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott	13,510	38.0	−7.8
	Liberal	Arthur Robert McDougal	12,232	34.4	+6.5
	Labour	Robert Gibson	9,803	27.6	+1.4
Majority			1,278	3.6	−14.3
Turnout			35,545	78.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott	21,394	55.1	+17.1
	Liberal	David Edwin Keir	17,420	44.9	+10.5
Majority			3,974	10.2	+6.6
Turnout			38,814	84.4	+5.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Montagu-Douglas-Scott	18,342	50.0	−5.1
	Liberal	Arthur Robert McDougal	12,264	33.4	−11.5
	Labour	James Alexander Cuthburt Thomson	6,099	16.6	New
Majority			6,078	16.6	+6.4
Turnout			36,705	78.0	−6.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Montagu-Douglas-Scott	13,232	37.9	−12.1
	Liberal	Archie Macdonald	11,604	33.2	−0.2
	Labour	LP Thomas	10,107	28.9	+12.3
Majority			1,628	4.7	−11.9
Turnout			34,943	73.7	−4.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archie Macdonald	15,347	39.4	+6.2
	Unionist	William Montagu-Douglas-Scott	14,191	36.4	−1.5
	Labour	LP Thomas	9,413	24.2	−4.7
Majority			1,156	3.0	−N/A
Turnout			38,951	82.1	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Donaldson	16,438	40.6	+4.2
	Liberal	Archie Macdonald	15,609	38.6	−0.8
	Labour	Thomas White	8,395	20.8	−3.4
Majority			829	2.0	N/A
Turnout			40,442	84.9	+2.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5