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The 1870 Roxburghshire by-election was fought on 2 March 1870. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Sir William Scott. It was won by the unopposed^[1] Liberal candidate Marquess of Bowmont.^[2]

References

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^ Craig, F. W. S. (1977). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 603.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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1860s	January 1868: Kirkcudbrightshire January 1869: Renfrewshire Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire Wigtown Burghs Hawick Burghs March 1869: Dumfriesshire August 1869: Caithness November 1869: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
1870s	March 1870: Roxburghshire February 1872: Wick Burghs June 1872: Aberdeen December;1872: Kincardineshire Forfarshire January 1873: Orkney and Shetland February 1873: Wigtownshire June 1873: Berwickshire August 1873: Dundee September 1873: Renfrewshire December 1873: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities March 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities Inverness-shire Falkirk Burghs April 1985: Kirkcaldy Burghs December 1875: East Aberdeenshire May 1876: West Aberdeenshire November 1876: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities January 1878: Greenock Leith Burghs Perth February 1878: Perthshire August 1878: Haddington Burghs Argyllshire February 1879: Haddington Burghs July 1879: Glasgow September 1879: Elginshire and Nairnshire
1880s	May 1880: Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire Wigtown Burghs July 1880: Bute Wigtown Burghs November 1880: Renfrewshire December 1880: Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire January 1881: Edinburgh July 1881: Elgin Burghs August 1881: Elgin Burghs May 1882: Hawick Burghs August 1882: Haddington Burghs November 1882: Edinburgh February 1883: Haddingtonshire August 1884: Ross and Cromarty October 1884: Stirling Burghs November 1884: Greenock March 1885: Glasgow July 1885: Bute January 1886: Edinburgh South February 1886: Edinburgh South Stirling Burghs Midlothian Hawick Burghs Elgin Burghs Banffshire Berwickshire Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire August 1886: Buteshire Wigtownshire Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Leith Burghs August 1887: Glasgow Bridgeton February 1888: Dundee Edinburgh West April 1888: Mid Lanarkshire June 1888: Ayr Burghs November 1888: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities January 1889: Govan February 1889: East Perthshire July 1889: West Fife September 1889: Dundee October 1889: Elginshire and Nairnshire
1890s	February 1890: Partick March 1890: Ayr Burghs November 1890: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June 1891: Paisley October 1891: Buteshire March 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs August 1892: Aberdeen South Glasgow Bridgeton ]Midlothian Forfarshire Elgin Burghs Stirling Burghs Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire East Fife September 1892: Dundee December 1892: East Aberdeenshire March 1893: Banffshire June 1893: Linlithgowshire March 1894: Leith Burghs Hawick Burghs Berwickshire April 1894: Mid Lanarkshire May 1894: Dumfries Burghs November 1894: Forfarshire May 1895: Edinburgh West June 1895: Inverness-shire August 1895: Inverness Burghs February 1896: Montrose Burghs May 1896: Aberdeen North Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June 1896: Wick Burghs January 1897: Forfarshire February 1897: Glasgow Bridgeton February 1899: North West Lanarkshire June 1899: Edinburgh South Edinburgh East December 1899: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
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