Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Scottish Borders |
| Electorate | 73,191 |
| Major settlements | Galashiels, Hawick |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of Parliament | John Lamont (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and Roxburgh and Berwickshire |
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.
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