Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency) was a former Scottish county constituency that elected a Member of Parliament to the UK House of Commons before being abolished in boundary reorganisations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
historic parliamentary constituency
abolishedBy Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868
abolishedIn 1868
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
country United Kingdom
createdBy Acts of Union 1707
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
endDate 1868
locatedIn Scotland
county of Peeblesshire
locatedInHistoricCounty Peeblesshire
numberOfMembers 1
numberOfMPsReturned 1
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Scottish constituencies of the House of Commons
predecessor Peeblesshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
region Scottish county constituency
representedArea county of Peeblesshire
linked to: Peeblesshire
representedIn House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
startDate 1708
successor Peebles and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
wasCountyConstituency true

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Peeblesshire hasHistoricParliamentaryConstituency Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency) predecessor Peeblesshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
linked to: Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Peebles and Southern Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) predecessor Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency)