Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
# Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

## Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and first used in the 1918 general election, to cover the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk.

At least nominally, the counties had been covered previously by the Roxburghshire and Peebles and Selkirk constituencies.

For the 1955 general election, as a result of the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission, the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency was abolished and the Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles.

## Members of Parliament

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

## Election results

### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

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

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | National Liberal | Thomas Henderson | 10,356 | 51.7 | New |
| | Liberal | Alfred Hamilton Grant | 9,698 | 48.3 | -21.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 658 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,054 | 60.9 | +5.5 |
| | National Liberal gain from Liberal | National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1923: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

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

General election 1924: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Walter 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,947 | 17.9 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,687 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

General election 1929: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Walter 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,278 | 3.6 | -14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,545 | 78.5 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -7.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

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

General election 1935: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | William 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,078 | 16.6 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,705 | 78.0 | -6.4 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;

* Unionist Party: William Scott
* Liberal Party: James Scott

General election 1945: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | William 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,628 | 4.7 | -11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,943 | 73.7 | -4.3 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -6.0 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

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

General election 1951: Roxburgh & Selkirk :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 829 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,442 | 84.9 | +2.8 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.5 | |
