UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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James Douglas-Hamilton

Born: 31 July 1942

Died: 28 November 2023

10th Earl of Selkirk - 24 November 1994, Renounced 28 November 1994

Baron Selkirk of Douglas - 2 August 1997

Member of Privy Council - 1996

son of Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy

Eton College

Balliol College, Oxford

Edinburgh University

Advocate

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	7 May 1979	1 October 1981
Under Secretary of State for Scotland	13 June 1987	5 July 1995
Minister of State, Scottish Office	5 July 1995	2 May 1997

28 February 1974	Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,977	20.07
10 October 1974	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,354	38.15
3 May 1979	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,360	45.44
9 June 1983	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,646	38.17
11 June 1987	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,450	37.35
9 April 1992	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,071	37.05
1 May 1997	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,325	27.98
6 May 1999	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,570	25.42
6 May 1999	Lothians	Conservative & Unionist Party
1 May 2003	Edinburgh West	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,520	25.58
1 May 2003	Lothians	Conservative & Unionist Party