The counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk were previously covered by the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency, and the county of Peebles was previously covered by the Midlothian and Peebles constituency.
The boundaries of the Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency were unaltered when the results of the Second Periodical Review were implemented for the February 1974 general election.
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Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Westminster from 1955 to 1983 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post voting system Roxburgh Selkirk and PeeblesFormer county constituencyfor the House of Commons1955 1983SeatsOneCreated fromRoxburgh amp Selkirk Midlothian amp PeeblesReplaced byRoxburgh amp BerwickshireTweeddale Ettrick amp Lauderdale Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1950s 3 2 Elections in the 1960s 3 3 Elections in the 1970s 4 References 5 See alsoBoundaries editThe constituency was first defined by the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission and first used in the 1955 general election to cover the counties of Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles The counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk were previously covered by the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency and the county of Peebles was previously covered by the Midlothian and Peebles constituency The boundaries of the Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles constituency were unaltered when the results of the Second Periodical Review were implemented for the February 1974 general election In 1975 Scottish counties were abolished under the Local Government Scotland Act 1973 The Third Periodical Review took account of new local government boundaries and results were implemented for the 1983 general election The Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles constituency was abolished The Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency related to the Roxburgh and Berwickshire districts of the Borders region and the Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency related to the Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale districts of the same region were created The Tweedale district had been created with the boundaries of the former county of Peebles Members of Parliament editElection Member Party Notes1955 Charles Donaldson Unionist Previously MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1951 died December 19641965 David Steel Liberal Leader of the Liberal Party 1976 1988 subsequently MP for Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale from 19831983 constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1950s edit General election 1955 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Charles Donaldson 21 925 47 69Liberal Stanley E Graham 14 755 32 09Labour Lawrence A Morrison 9 296 20 22Majority 7 170 15 60Turnout 45 976 80 79Unionist win new seat General election 1959 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Charles Donaldson 22 275 50 20Liberal John MacCormick 12 762 28 76Labour Tam Dalyell 9 336 21 04Majority 9 513 21 44Turnout 44 373 80 01Unionist hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Charles Donaldson 18 924 42 81Liberal David Steel 17 185 38 87Labour Ronald Murray 7 007 15 85SNP Anthony J C Kerr 1 093 2 47 NewMajority 1 739 3 94Turnout 44 209 82 24Unionist hold Swing1965 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles by election Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 21 549 49 2 10 4Conservative Sir Robert Lindley McEwen 3rd Baronet 16 942 38 6 4 2Labour Ronald Murray 4 936 11 2 4 6Independent Nationalist Anthony J C Kerr 411 0 9 1 6Majority 4 607 10 6 N ATurnout 43 838 81 5 0 7Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 7 3General election 1966 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 20 607 45 66Conservative Ian McIntyre 18 396 40 76Labour Colin Lindsay 6 131 13 58Majority 2 211 4 90Turnout 45 134 84 80Liberal hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 19 524 42 26Conservative Russell Fairgrieve 18 974 41 07Labour Lionel Griffiths 4 454 9 64SNP Hamish Hastie 3 147 6 81 NewAnti Abortion William R Cassell 103 0 22 NewMajority 550 1 19Turnout 46 202 80 70Liberal hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Roxburgh Selkirk amp Peebles Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 25 707 52 0 9 7Conservative J Stuart Thom 16 690 33 8 7 3SNP David Purves 3 953 8 0 1 2Labour David Allan Graham 3 089 6 2 3 4Majority 9 017 18 2 17 0Turnout 49 439 86 0 5 3Liberal hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Roxburgh Selkirk amp Peebles Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 20 006 43 6 8 4Conservative Christine M Anderson 12 573 27 4 6 4SNP Angus Edmonds 9 178 20 0 12 0Labour David Allan Graham 4 076 8 9 2 7Majority 7 433 16 2 2 0Turnout 45 833 79 3 6 7Liberal hold SwingGeneral election 1979 Roxburgh Selkirk amp Peebles Party Candidate Votes Liberal David Steel 25 993 53 1 9 5Conservative Gerry Malone 15 303 31 3 3 9Labour David Albert Heald 4 150 8 5 0 4SNP Angus Stewart 3 502 7 2 12 8Majority 10 690 21 8 5 6Turnout 48 948 82 0 2 7Liberal hold Swing 6 7References edit a b c d e British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 F W S Craig a b c d e The Times House of Commons 1950 70 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies 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