Preceded by Euan Robson Role Scottish politician Name John Lamont | Alma mater University of Glasgow Majority 5,334 (18.7%) | |
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Born 15 April 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-04-15 ) Political party Scottish Conservative Party Party Scottish Conservative Party Education Kilwinning Academy, University of Glasgow Profiles | ||
General election 2017 john lamont is announced as mp berwickshire roxburgh and selkirk
John Robert Lamont (born 15 April 1976) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, and currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.
He was formerly the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire between 2007 and 2017 and won the predecessor constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire in May 2007 and won the newly constituted seat with an increased majority. Lamont is the Scottish Conservative Chief Whip and Parliamentary Business Manager.
John Lamont was born in Kilwinning and was educated at Kilwinning Academy and studied at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow where he gained a First Class degree. He worked as a solicitor at Freshfields in London and then at Brodies in Edinburgh. As well as becoming involved in local politics, he became the chairman of his local Conservative association and was the Conservative candidate for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk at the 2005, 2010 and 2015 Westminster general elections.
Lamont announced his intention to stand down from this Holyrood seat effective 4 May 2017 to stand in the 2017 General Election in the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk seat. As a constituency MSP his resignation triggered a by-election in the constituency, which was won by a fellow Conservative, Rachael Hamilton.
In 2017, he was elected Member of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, with a majority of over 11,000 votes.