Roxburgh and Berwickshire (constituency, Scotland)

Roxburgh and Berwickshire

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
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
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
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%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament