Election Results
| General Election 1918: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Liberal | Robert Munro | 13,043 | |||
| Labour | T. Hamilton | 5,574 | |||
| General Election 1922: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Sir Thomas Henderson | 10,356 | |||
| Liberal | Sir A.H. Grant | 9,698 | |||
| General Election 1923: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Earl of Dalkeith | 11,258 | |||
| Liberal | Sir Thomas Henderson | 8,046 | |||
| Labour | G. Dallas | 6,811 | |||
| General Election 1924: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Earl of Dalkeith | 12,684 | |||
| Liberal | J. Wylie | 7,737 | |||
| Labour | G. Dallas | 7,266 | |||
| General Election 1929: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Earl of Dalkeith | 13,510 | |||
| Liberal | Capt. Arthur Robert McDougal | 12,232 | |||
| Labour | R. Gibson KC | 9,803 | |||
| General Election 1931: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Earl of Dalkeith | 21,394 | 55.1 | +17.1 | |
| Liberal | David E. Keir | 17,420 | 44.9 | +10.5 | |
| Majority | 3,974 | 10.2 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,814 | 84.4 | +5.9 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott | 18,342 | |||
| Liberal | Capt. Arthur Robert McDougal | 12,264 | |||
| Labour | J.A.C. Thomson | 6,099 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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