Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 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 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.

Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Conservative
MSP	Rachael Hamilton
Council area	Scottish Borders
Created from	Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the seat of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was re-established as Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Electoral region

See also: South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

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:

• Selkirkshire, Mid Berwickshire, East Berwickshire, Kelso and District, Jedburgh and District, Hawick and Denholm, Hawick and Hermitage

Members of the Scottish Parliament

As Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Euan Robson	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	2003
	2007	John Lamont	Scottish Conservative Party

As Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Election		Member	Party
	2011	John Lamont	Scottish Conservative Party
	2016
	2017 by-election	Rachael Hamilton	Scottish Conservative Party

Election results

2017 by-election

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.[1]

Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election, 2017[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rachael Hamilton	20,658	53.5	-1.7
	SNP	Gail Hendry	11,320	29.3	-2.5
	Labour	Sally Prentice	3,406	8.8	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Bhatia	3,196	8.3	+0.6
Majority			9,338	24.2	+0.8
Turnout			38,580
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

2016 parliamentary election

John Lamont.

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y John Lamont		18,257	55.2	+10.3	15,452	46.65	+15.16
	SNP	Paul Wheelhouse		10,521	31.8	+5.4	10,068	30.40	-4.45
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Hume		2,551	7.7	-9.6	2,851	8.61	-6.14
	Labour	Barrie Cunning		1,766	5.3	-5.1	2,251	6.80	-4.23
	Scottish Green						1,481	4.47	+1.11
	UKIP						771	2.33	+0.66
	Independent						112
	RISE						68
	Solidarity						67
Informal votes				88			68
Total Valid votes				33,095			33,121
	Conservative hold		Majority	7,736	23.4	+4.9

2011 parliamentary election

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y John Lamont		12,933	44.88	+5.84	9,045	31.49
	SNP	Paul Wheelhouse		7,599	26.37	+8.62	10,009	34.85
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Robson		4,990	17.32	-16.51	4,247	14.79
	Labour	Rab Stewart		2,986	10.36	+2.08	2,881	10.03
	Independent	Jesse Rae		308	1.07	+1.07
	Scottish Green						965	3.36
	UKIP						481	1.67
	All Scotland Pensioners Party						442	1.54
	Socialist Labour						201	0.70
	BNP						183	0.64
	Scottish Christian						178	0.62
	Scottish Socialist						71	0.25
	Solidarity						21	0.07
Total Valid votes				28,816			28,724
	Conservative hold		Majority	5,334	18.51	+13.3

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		11,336	39.0
	Liberal Democrats		9,822	33.8
	SNP		5,154	17.8
	Labour		2,404	8.3
	Others		318	1.1
Majority			1,514	5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Tory MSP to quit Holyrood to stand for Westminster". BBC News. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
2. WATCH: Rachael Hamilton wins Holyrood by-election