UK general elections › 2015 › Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk — 2015
Calum Kerr (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,145 votes— 36.6% of 55,038 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. 36.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,038
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calum Kerr | Scottish National Party | 20,145 | 36.6% | −13.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Lamont | Conservative Party | 19,817 | 36.0% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Moore | Liberal Democrats | 10,294 | 18.7% | — | |
| 4 | Kenryck Lloyd-Jones | Labour Party | 2,700 | 4.9% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Neilson | UK Independence Party | 1,316 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Pauline Stewart | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 631 | 1.1% | — | |
| 7 | Jesse Rae | Independent | 135 | 0.2% | — |
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.