UK general elections2010 › Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk — 2010

Michael Moore (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 22,230 votes45.4% of 49,014 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,014

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Michael Moore Liberal Democrats 22,23045.4%−4.6 ptsElected
2John Lamont Conservative Party 16,55533.8%
3Ian Miller Labour Party 5,00310.2%
4Paul Wheelhouse Scottish National Party 4,4979.2%
5Sherry Fowler UK Independence Party 5951.2%
6Chris Black The Scottish Jacobite Party 1340.3%

Electorate 73,826 · Turnout 66.4% · Majority 5,675 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.