Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandScottish Borders
Electorate73,191[1]
Major settlementsGalashiels, Hawick
Current constituency
Created2005
Member of ParliamentJohn Lamont (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromTweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. Since 2017 the MP has been John Lamont of the Conservative Party.

The constituency name comes from the three counties it covers; Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire.

A mostly rural constituency, it includes the towns of Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose and Selkirk.

  1. ^ Hislop, Kevin. "UK Parliamentary elections results". www.scotborders.gov.uk.

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