An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats by Calum Kerr with a majority of 328 - 0.6% - on a turnout of 74.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
KERR, Calum | SNP | 20,145 | 36.6% | 27.4% |
LAMONT, John | Con | 19,817 | 36.0% | 2.2% |
MOORE, Michael | LD | 10,294 | 18.7% | -26.7% |
LLOYD-JONES, Kenryck | Lab | 2,700 | 4.9% | -5.3% |
NEILSON, Peter | UKIP | 1,316 | 2.4% | 1.2% |
STEWART, Pauline | Green | 631 | 1.1% | - |
RAE, Jesse | Ind | 135 | 0.2% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 74,214, having a valid vote count of 55,038 and an invalid vote count of 56.
Result declared at 07:22 on 8 May 2015.