Roxburgh and Berwickshire (constituency, Scotland)
Roxburgh and Berwickshire |
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Educated |
1999 |
Abolished |
2011 |
Regions |
Scottish Borders |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . Here the constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire was abolished. Most of Roxburgh and Berwickshire went to the new constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire . Roxburgh and Berwickshire covered large areas of the Scottish Borders council area and sent one MP. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 58,409 people lived within its borders.
Election results
General election 1999
Results of the 1999 general election | |||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % |
Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 11,320 | 40.6 |
Conservative | Alasdair Hutton | 7735 | 27.8 |
SNP | Stuart Crawford | 4719 | 16.9 |
Labor | Susan McLeod | 4102 | 14.7 |
General election 2003
Results of the 2003 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 9280 | 41.2 | +0.6 |
Conservative | Sandy Scott | 6790 | 30.2 | +2.4 |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 2816 | 12.5 | −4.4 |
Labor | Sam hero | 2802 | 12.5 | −2.2 |
Socialist | Graeme McIver | 823 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
Turnout: 23,781 (51.65%) |
General election 2007
Results of the 2007 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Conservative | John Lamont | 10,556 | 41.1 | +10.9 |
Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 8571 | 33.4 | −7.8 |
SNP | Aileen Orr | 4127 | 16.1 | +3.6 |
Labor | Mary Lockhart | 2108 | 8.2 | −4.3 |
Non-party | Jesse Rae | 318 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
Turnout: 25,680 (53.65%) |