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