Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Roxburgh and Berwickshire shown within the
South of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: John Lamont (Scottish politician)
Party: Conservative
Council area: Scottish Borders

Roxburgh and Berwickshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also South of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, part of the North Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].

The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the Scottish Borders council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency, which also covers a western portion of the Midlothian council area.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Euan Robson Liberal Democrats
2003
2007 John Lamont Conservative

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Roxburgh & Berwickshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lamont 10,556 41.1 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Euan Robson 8,571 33.4 -7.8
Scottish National Party Aileen Orr 4,127 16.1 +3.6
Labour Mary Lockhart 2,108 8.2 -4.2
Independent Jesse Rae 318 1.2 +1.2
Majority 1,985 7.7
Turnout 25,680 53.5 +4.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 8.9 from LD to Con
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Euan Robson 9,280 41.2 +0.6
Conservative Sandy Scott 6,790 30.2 +2.4
Scottish National Party Roderick Campbell 2,816 12.5 -4.4
Labour Sam Held 2,802 12.5 - 2.2
Scottish Socialist Graeme McIver 823 3.7 n/a
Majority 2,490
Turnout 22511
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 0.9 from LD to Con
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Euan Robson 11,320 40.6 n/a
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 7,735 27.8 n/a
Scottish National Party Stuart Crawford 4,719 16.9 n/a
Labour Susan McLeod 2,802 14.7 n/a
Majority 2,490 n/a
Turnout 22511 n/a
Liberal Democrats hold Swing n/a


[edit] Scottish Youth Parliament

Liam Beattie was elected Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) in May 2007 for Roxburgh & Berwickshire.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

[edit] See also

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