Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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 from 1708 to 1918, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring Haddington(shire)
Haddingtonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Haddingtonshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918.-Boundaries:...

 to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency. It elected one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (MP), using the first-past-the-post
First-past-the-post
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 voting system.

Member of Parliament

Election Member Party
1708 George Baillie
1734 Hon. Alexander Hume-Campbell
1761 James Pringle
1779 Sir John Paterson
1780 Hugh Hepburne-Scott
1784 Patrick Home
1796 George Baillie
1818 Sir John Marjoribanks
1826 Anthony Maitland
1832 Charles Albany Marjoribanks
Charles Albany Marjoribanks
Charles Albany Marjoribanks was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1833.Marjoribanks was the son of Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh....

1834 Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell
1847 Francis Scott
Francis Scott (MP)
Francis Scott was a British politician.Scott was the youngest son of Hugh Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he read for the bar at the Middle Temple. He was MP for Roxburghshire from 1841 to 1847, and for Berwickshire from 1847 to 1859...

1859 David Robertson
David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks
David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks , was a Scottish stockbroker and politician.-Background:Born David Marjoribanks, he was the fourth son of Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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1873 William Miller
Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet
Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet, of Manderston, Berwickshire was British Vice-Consul at Saint Petersburg 1842-54, and a Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs 1859 - 1868, for Berwickshire 1873/74, and an armiger....

 
1874 Hon. Robert Baillie-Hamilton
Robert Baillie-Hamilton
The Hon. Robert Baillie-Hamilton was a British politician.-Background:Baillie-Hamilton was a younger son of George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington, and Georgina, daughter of the Venerable Robert Markham, Archdeacon of York...

1880 Edward Marjoribanks
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT, PC was a British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

1894 Harold Tennant
Harold Tennant
Harold John "Jack" Tennant PC was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland under his brother-in-law H. H...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

1918
United Kingdom general election, 1918
The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

constituency abolished

Election results

After accepting office as Comptroller of the Household
Comptroller of the Household
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, Edward Marjoribanks was returned unopposed at a by-election on 14 February 1886.

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