1959 Scottish representative peers election

An election for 16 Scottish representative peers took place on 6 October 1959 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. It turned out to be the last election for representative peers as in 1963 all holders of titles in the Peerage of Scotland were made eligible to sit in the House of Lords.

The Principal Clerk of Session reads the roll of Peers of Scotland. Copyright George Outram & Co Ltd

Procedure

The date, time and place of the meeting was set in a Royal Proclamation of 18 September 1959, issued on the day that the previous Parliament was dissolved. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, who held the role of Lord Clerk Register, presided. When the Principal Clerk of Session George Macdonald read the roll of Peers of Scotland, 115 names were read, and 25 answered that they were present.[1] None of the Peers produced any proxies for those who were absent, but 28 Peers had submitted "Signed Lists" as a form of absent voting.[2] The Duke of Buccleuch himself chose not to vote; this was the "customary but not compulsory practice" of the Lord Clerk Register.[1]

Result

Four new representative peers were elected who had not sat in the previous Parliament - the Earls of Mar and Kellie, Northesk, and Dundonald, and Lord Sinclair.

Peer Votes
Duke of Atholl52
Earl of Selkirk52
Earl of Caithness51
Earl of Perth51
Earl of Airlie51
Lord Forbes51
Lord Saltoun51
Lord Sinclair51
Lord Sempill51
Lord Balfour of Burleigh51
Lord Polwarth51
Earl of Haddington50
Lord Fairfax of Cameron50
Earl of Mar and Kellie44
Earl of Dundonald40
Earl of Northesk35
Unsuccessful
Lord Gray22
Earl of Rothes5
Earl of Mar4
Lord Reay4
Earl of Leven3
Earl of Lindsay2
Marquess of Queensberry1
Earl of Lauderdale1
Earl of Orkney1
Earl of Breadalbane and Holland1
Viscount of Falkland1
Viscount of Arbuthnott1
Lord Belhaven and Stenton1

Votes cast

Peer voting Peers voted for
Atholl, D.
Queensbury, M.
Mar, E.
Rothes, E.
Caithness, E.
Mar (1565) and Kellie, E.
Perth, E.
Haddington, E.
Lauderdale, E.
Lindsay, E.
Airlie, E.
Leven, E.
Selkirk, E.
Northesk, E.
Dundonald, E.
Orkney, E.
Breadalbane, E.
Falkland, V.
Arbuthnott, V.
Forbes, L.
Saltoun, L.
Gray, L.
Sinclair, L.
Sempill, L.
Balfour of Burleigh, L.
Fairfax of Cameron, L.
Reay, L.
Belhaven, L.
Polwarth, L.
Peers present who answered to the calling of their titles
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See also

References

  • "MINUTES OF MEETING held on the 6th October, 1959, of PEERS OF SCOTLAND for the ELECTION OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES to sit and vote in the ensuing Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." House of Lords paper 14 of Session 1959–60, HMSO.
  1. "Election By Scots Peers". The Times. London. 7 October 1959. p. 14.
  2. Minutes, HL 14 1959-60, p. 2.
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