Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire is a

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of

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. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the

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electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of

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for the region as a whole. The constituency was established for the

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, and covers parts of the former constituencies of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale and Roxburgh and Berwickshire. The remaining parts of the Scottish Borders form part of the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire is currently held by the Conservatives. The current MSP is Rachael Hamilton, who won the seat at a 2017 by-election following the resignation of previous member John Lamont in order to contest the

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Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are

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, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale,

Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I ...

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, 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 East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

, 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

is represented in the

by the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency. The electoral wards in the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency are listed below. All of these wards are part of Scottish Borders. * Selkirkshire * Mid Berwickshire * East Berwickshire * Kelso and District * Jedburgh and District * Hawick and Denholm * Hawick and Hermitage

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2021 parliamentary election

2017 by-election

In April 2017, John Lamont announced his intention to resign his seat in the Scottish Parliament in order to contest the

2016 parliamentary election

2011 parliamentary election

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ettrick, Roxburgh And Berwickshire Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Berwickshire Politics of the Scottish Borders Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Constituencies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Scotland Eyemouth Selkirk, Scottish Borders Hawick Jedburgh Kelso, Scottish Borders Coldstream Duns, Scottish Borders