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Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Gaelic: Eadraig, Rosbrog agus Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Scottish Borders. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 68,019 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Conservative |
MSP | Rachael Hamilton |
Council area | Scottish Borders |
Created from | Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
The constituency was established for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers parts of the former constituencies of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale and Roxburgh and Berwickshire. The remaining parts of the Scottish Borders form part of the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency.[2][3]
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire is currently held by the Conservatives. The current MSP is Rachael Hamilton, who won the seat at a 2017 by-election following the resignation of previous member John Lamont in order to contest the 2017 UK general election.
The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Galloway and West Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The rest of the Scottish Borders is represented in the Scottish Parliament by the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency.
The electoral wards in the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency are listed below. All of these wards are part of Scottish Borders.[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | John Lamont | Conservative | |
2017 by-election | Rachael Hamilton | ||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Rachael Hamilton[lower-alpha 2] | 18,564 | 51.5 | ![]() |
17,075 | 47.4 | ![]() | |
SNP | Paul Wheelhouse[lower-alpha 3] | 11,701 | 32.5 | ![]() |
10,857 | 30.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Marr | 2,352 | 6.5 | ![]() |
2,426 | 6.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ian Davidson | 2,050 | 5.7 | ![]() |
2,438 | 6.8 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | Barbra Harvie | 1,084 | 3.0 | New | 1,665 | 4.6 | ![]() | |
All for Unity | 492 | 1.4 | New | |||||
Alba | 317 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Independent | Jesse Rae | 290 | 0.8 | New | ||||
Scottish Family | 184 | 0.51 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 148 | 0.41 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 134 | 0.37 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 116 | 0.32 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 60 | 0.17 | New | |||||
UKIP | 60 | 0.17 | ![]() | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 51 | 0.17 | New | |||||
Vanguard | 11 | 0.03 | New | |||||
Scotia Future | 10 | 0.03 | New | |||||
Majority | 6,863 | 19.0 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 36,041 | 36,044 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 81 | 69 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,122 | 64.0 | ![]() |
36,113 | 64.0 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Notes
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In April 2017, John Lamont announced his intention to resign his seat in the Scottish Parliament in order to contest the 2017 UK general election.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rachael Hamilton | 20,658 | 53.5 | ![]() | |
SNP | Gail Hendry | 11,320 | 29.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sally Prentice | 3,406 | 8.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia | 3,196 | 8.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 9,338 | 24.2 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 38,580 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 73 | ||||
Turnout | 38,653 | 70.9 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | John Lamont[lower-alpha 1] | 18,257 | 55.2 | ![]() |
15,452 | 46.7 | ![]() | |
SNP | Paul Wheelhouse[lower-alpha 2] | 10,521 | 31.8 | ![]() |
10,068 | 30.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume[lower-alpha 2] | 2,551 | 7.7 | ![]() |
2,851 | 8.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Barrie Cunning | 1,766 | 5.3 | ![]() |
2,251 | 6.8 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,481 | 4.5 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 771 | 2.3 | ![]() | |||||
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 112 | 0.3 | New | |||||
RISE | 68 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 67 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Majority | 7,736 | 23.4 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 33,095 | 33,121 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 88 | 68 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,183 | 60.9 | ![]() |
33,189 | 60.9 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | John Lamont[lower-alpha 1] | 12,933 | 44.88 | N/A | 9,045 | 31.5 | N/A | |
SNP | Paul Wheelhouse[lower-alpha 2] | 7,599 | 26.37 | N/A | 10,009 | 34.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 4,990 | 17.32 | N/A | 4,247 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Rab Stewart | 2,986 | 10.36 | N/A | 2,881 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 965 | 3.4 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 481 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 442 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Jesse Rae | 308 | 1.07 | N/A | ||||
Socialist Labour | 201 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 183 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 178 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 71 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 21 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 5,334 | 18.51 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 28,816 | 28,724 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 102 | 166 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,918 | 53.2 | N/A | 28,890 | 53.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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