Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Type = county


Region = South of Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = John Lamont (Scottish politician)
Party = Conservative
Council = 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.

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.

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 [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

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.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = John Lamont
votes = 10,556
percentage = 41.1
change = +10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Euan Robson
votes = 8,571
percentage = 33.4
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Aileen Orr
votes = 4,127
percentage = 16.1
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mary Lockhart
votes = 2,108
percentage = 8.2
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jesse Rae
votes = 318
percentage = 1.2
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 1,985
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,680
percentage = 53.5
change = +4.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
swing = 8.9 from LD to Con

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Euan Robson
votes = 9,280
percentage = 41.2
change = +0.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Sandy Scott
votes = 6,790
percentage = 30.2
change = +2.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Roderick Campbell
votes = 2,816
percentage = 12.5
change = -4.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Sam Held
votes = 2,802
percentage = 12.5
change = - 2.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Graeme McIver
votes = 823
percentage = 3.7
change = n/a Election box majority
votes = 2,490
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22511
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
swing = 0.9 from LD to Con

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Euan Robson
votes = 11,320
percentage = 40.6
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Alasdair Hutton
votes = 7,735
percentage = 27.8
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Stuart Crawford
votes = 4,719
percentage = 16.9
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Susan McLeod
votes = 2,802
percentage = 14.7
change = n/aElection box majority
votes = 2,490
percentage =
change = n/aElection box turnout
votes = 22511
percentage =
change = n/a Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
swing = n/a

Scottish Youth Parliament

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

Footnotes

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