Party Conservative Council area Scottish Borders | MSP John Lamont Founded 2011 | |
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Created from Roxburgh and Berwickshire,
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Created Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Replaced by Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | ||
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Contents
- Electoral region
- Constituency boundaries and council areas
- Members of the Scottish Parliament
- References
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the seat of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was re-established as Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, 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, 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 Scottish Borders is represented in the Scottish Parliament by the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency.
The electoral wards in the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency are:
Members of the Scottish Parliament
As Roxburgh and Berwickshire
As Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire