Midlothian and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)

Midlothian and Peebles
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Midlothian
Created from	Midlothian & Peebles Northern Peebles & Southern

Midlothian and Peebles was a short-lived county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1955. It was formed by a merger of parts of the old Midlothian and Peebles Northern and Peebles and Southern constituencies. It was reunited in 1955 to form Midlothian.

Boundaries

For its short existence, Midlothian and Peebles covered the counties of Midlothian and Peebles inclusive of all the burghs situated therein except the county of the city of Edinburgh and the burgh of Musselburgh.^[1][2]

Member of Parliament

Elected		Member[3]	Party
	1950	David Johnstone Pryde	Labour
	1951

Election results

United Kingdom general election, 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Johnstone Pryde	26,966	52.8	n/a
	Unionist	Florence Horsbrugh	19,778	38.7	n/a
	Liberal	William Weir Gilmour	4,365	8.54	n/a
Majority			7,188	14.1	n/a
Turnout				82.9	n/a

United Kingdom general election, 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Johnstone Pryde	29,271	55.3
	Unionist	James Anthony Stodart	23,681	44.7
Majority			5,590	10.6
Turnout				83.8

References

1. Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1, Part III.
2. Midlothian and Peebles Boundaries Vision of Britain
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)