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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
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.
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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
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"Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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"Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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"Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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"Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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"Berwickshire" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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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
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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 .
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"Berwickshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
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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 .
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"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
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c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
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^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1896
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
Sources
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