Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (constituency, Scotland)

Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Midlothian Scottish Borders

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 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 . The constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was abolished. Most of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale went into the new constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale . Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale included areas of the Scottish Borders and Midlothian Council Areas and sent one MP. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 65,246 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	12,078	35.8
SNP	Christine Creech	7600	22.5
Labor	George McGregor	7546	22.4
Conservative	John Campbell	6491	19.3

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Purvis	7197	27.0	−8.8
SNP	Christine Grahame	6659	24.9	+2.4
Labor	Catherine Maxwell Stuart	5757	21.6	−0.8
Conservative	Derek Brownlee	5686	21.3	+2.0
Socialist	Norman Lockhart	1055	4.0	+4.0
People's Alliance	Alexander Black	346	1.3	+1.3
Turnout: 26,700 (52.44%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Purvis	10,656	35.1	+8.1
SNP	Christine Grahame	10,058	33.2	+8.3
Conservative	Derek Brownlee	5594	18.4	−2.9
Labor	Catherine Maxwell Stuart	4019	13.2	−8.4
Turnout: 30,327 (56.59%)

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