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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Midlothian and Peebles | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1955 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Midlothian & Peebles Northern Peebles & Southern |
Replaced by | Midlothian |
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]
Elected | Member[3] | Party | |
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1950 | David Johnstone Pryde | Labour | |
1951 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Pryde | 26,966 | 52.8 | ||
Unionist | Florence Horsbrugh | 19,778 | 38.7 | ||
Liberal | William Gilmour | 4,365 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 7,188 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 51,109 | 82.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Pryde | 29,271 | 55.3 | +2.5 | |
Unionist | Anthony Stodart | 23,681 | 44.7 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 5,590 | 10.6 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,952 | 83.8 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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