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Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

 
Wikipedia: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (UK Parliament constituency)
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdal
County constituency
Created: 1983 (1983)
Abolished: 2005 (2005)
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983. In 2005 the constituency was abolished and the area is now represented by Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Midlothian, & Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, which covered the same area, continues in existence.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1983 David Steel Liberal
1988 Liberal Democrat
1997 Michael Moore Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Moore 14,035 42.3 +11.1
Labour Keith Geddes 8,878 26.7 -0.7
Conservative Andrew Brocklehurst 5,118 15.4 -6.7
SNP Richard Thomson 4,108 12.4 -4.7
Scottish Socialist Norman Lockhart 695 2.1 N/A
Liberal John Hein 383 1.2 +0.2
Majority 5,517 15.5
Turnout 33,217 63.9 -12.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +5.9

References

  1. ^ Vote 2001: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, BBC News

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