Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk in Scotland.
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of parliament | Calum Kerr (SNP) |
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European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Coordinates: 55°46′34″N 2°24′40″W / 55.776°N 2.411°W
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. The incumbent MP is Calum Kerr of the SNP.
A mostly rural seat, it includes the towns of Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose and Selkirk.
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.