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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Statements (25)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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) ⓘ