Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Type = county


Region = South of Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Jeremy Purvis
Party = Liberal Democrat
Council = Scottish Borders (part)
Midlothian (part)

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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 Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

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 areas

The Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 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 (House of Commons) 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 a western portion of the Scottish Borders council area and a western portion of the Midlothian council area. The rest of the Scottish Borders area is covered by the Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency. The rest of the Midlothian area is covered by the Midlothian constituency, which is in the Lothians electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jeremy Purvis
votes = 10,656
percentage = 35.1
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Christine Grahame
votes = 10,058
percentage = 33.2
change = +8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Derek Brownlee
votes = 5,594
percentage = 18.4
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Catherine Maxwell Stuart
votes = 4,019
percentage = 13.2
change = -8.4Election box majority
votes = 598
percentage = 2.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,327
percentage = 56.3
change = +3.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jeremy Purvis
votes = 7,197
percentage = 26.96
change = −8.86 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Christine Grahame
votes = 6,659
percentage = 24.94
change = + 2.40 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Catherine Maxwell Stuart
votes = 5,757
percentage = 21.56
change = −0.82 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Derek Brownlee
votes = 5,686
percentage = 21.30
change = + 2.05 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Norman Lockhart
votes = 1,055
percentage = 3.95
change = + 3.95 Election box majority
votes = 538
percentage = 2.01
change = n/aElection box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ian Jenkins
votes = 12,078
percentage = 35.82
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Christine Creech
votes = 7,600
percentage = 22.54
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = George McGregor
votes = 7,546
percentage = 22.38
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = John Campbell
votes = 6,491
percentage = 19.25
change = n/a Election box majority
votes = 4,478
percentage = 13.28
change = n/a

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