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Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Shows the general election results for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, which is a constituency in Scottish Borders. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,191 and a turnout of 71.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
John Lamont
Majority
11,060
Electorate
73,191
Turnout
71.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 53.9%
SNP 32.8%
Lab 8.6%
LD 4.7%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
John Lamont  Con 28,213 53.9 17.9
Calum Kerr  SNP 17,153 32.8 -3.8
Ian Davidson  Lab 4,519 8.6 3.7
Caroline Burgess * LD 2,482 4.7 -14.0
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con SNP Lab LD UKIP Green Ind SJP Oth SSP
2005 28.8% 8.6% 15.9% 41.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 1.5%
2010 33.8% 9.2% 10.2% 45.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 36.0% 36.6% 4.9% 18.7% 2.4% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.9% 32.8% 8.6% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
354 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 21.1%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
386 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 53.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
210 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 71.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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