UK general elections2019 › Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk — 2019

John Lamont (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,747 votes48.4% of 53,146 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,146

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
1John Lamont Conservative Party 25,74748.4%−1.6 ptsElected
2Calum Kerr Scottish National Party 20,59938.8%
3Jenny Marr Liberal Democrats 4,2878.1%
4Ian Davidson Labour Party 2,5134.7%

Electorate 74,518 · Turnout 71.3% · Majority 5,148 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.