Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk County constituency |
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| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Michael Moore |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Scottish Borders |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It covers an area previously divided between Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review |
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| Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire |
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
The Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency covers part of the Scottish Borders council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency is predominantly rural, and includes the towns of Hawick, Galashiels, Duns, Jedburgh and Selkirk.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (2005)
- 2005 — present: Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Moore | 18,993 | 41.8 | -5.0 | |
| Conservative | John Lamont | 13,092 | 28.8 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | Sam Held | 7,206 | 15.9 | -1.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | Aileen Orr | 3,885 | 8.6 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal | John Hein | 916 | 2.0 | +1.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Graeme McIver | 695 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| UK Independence | Peter Neilson | 601 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,901 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 45,388 | 63.3 | +3.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
