Roxburgh and Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Not to be confused with Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Former
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Roxburgh and Berwickshire in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromRoxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles and Berwick and East Lothian
Replaced byBerwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk

Roxburgh and Berwickshire was a

first past the post
voting system.

Boundaries

1983–1997: Roxburgh District, and Berwickshire District.

1997–2005: Roxburgh District, Berwickshire District, and the Ettrick and Lauderdale District electoral division of Scott's View.

The constituency was defined by the Third Periodical Review of the

region, which were created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
.

By the time of the Third Periodical Review, Scottish

county of Berwick was covered by the Berwick and East Lothian
constituency.

In 1996, under the

council area
was created with the boundaries of the former Borders region.

The results of the Fourth Periodical Review were implemented for the 1997 general election.

When the constituency was abolished, as a result of the Fifth Periodical Review, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk was created, and first used in the 2005 general election, as one of six constituencies covering the Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, and South Lanarkshire council areas.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Sir
Archy Kirkwood
 Liberal
1988 Liberal Democrats
2005 constituency abolished

Election results

Berwickshire constituencies electoral history

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Roxburgh and Berwickshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal
Archy Kirkwood
 		15,920 50.3 +10.2
Conservative Iain Sproat 12,524 39.6 -0.5
Labour David Briggs 2,326 7.4 -5.6
SNP Robert Shirley 852 2.7 -4.1
Majority 3,396 10.7
Turnout 31,622 75.8
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1987: Roxburgh and Berwickshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal
Archy Kirkwood
 		16,388 49.2 −1.1
Conservative Liam Fox 12,380 37.2 −2.4
Labour Tim Luckhurst 2,944 8.8 +1.4
SNP Marshall Douglas 1,586 4.8 +2.1
Majority 4,008 12.0 +1.3
Turnout 33,298 77.2 +1.4
Liberal hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Roxburgh and Berwickshire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Archy Kirkwood
 		15,852 46.9 −2.3
Conservative Shirley Finlay-Maxwell 11,595 34.3 −2.9
SNP Marshall Douglas 3,437 10.2 +5.4
Labour Stephen Lambert 2,909 8.6 −0.2
Majority 4,257 12.6 +0.6
Turnout 33,793 77.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
General election 1997: Roxburgh and Berwickshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Archy Kirkwood
 		16,243 46.5 0.0
Conservative Douglas Younger 8,337 23.9 −10.3
Labour Helen Eadie 5,226 15.0 +6.2
SNP Malcolm Balfour 3,959 11.3 +0.7
Referendum John Curtis 922 2.6 New
UKIP Peter Neilson 202 0.6 New
Natural Law David Lucas 42 0.1 New
Majority 7,906 22.6 +10.0
Turnout 34,931 73.9 -3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Roxburgh and Berwickshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Archy Kirkwood
 		14,044 48.8 +2.3
Conservative George Turnbull 6,533 22.7 −1.2
Labour Catherine Stuart 4,498 15.6 +0.6
SNP Roderick Campbell 2,806 9.7 −1.6
Scottish Socialist Amanda Millar 463 1.6 New
UKIP Peter Neilson 453 1.6 +1.0
Majority 7,511 26.1 +3.5
Turnout 28,797 60.6 −13.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  2. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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