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Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Roxburgh and Berwickshire Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Roxburgh and Berwickshire shown within the South of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| 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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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.
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.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Euan Robson | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | John Lamont | Conservative | |
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative Party | 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 Party | 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 Party gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 8.9 from LD to Con | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Roxburgh and Berwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 9,280 | 41.2 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative Party | Sandy Scott | 6,790 | 30.2 | +2.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Roderick Campbell | 2,816 | 12.5 | -4.4 | |
| Labour Party | Sam Held | 2,802 | 12.5 | - 2.2 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 11,320 | 40.6 | n/a | |
| Conservative Party | Alasdair Hutton | 7,735 | 27.8 | n/a | |
| Scottish National Party | Stuart Crawford | 4,719 | 16.9 | n/a | |
| Labour Party | Susan McLeod | 2,802 | 14.7 | n/a | |
| Majority | 2,490 | n/a | |||
| Turnout | 22511 | n/a | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | n/a | |||
