Riding profile

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Editorial read

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 36% vote share, against 21% for the SNP, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

John Lamont

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
14.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 35.8%
  • SNP 21.0%
  • Reform UK 14.3%
  • Lib Dems 11.6%
  • Labour 7.2%
  • Green 6.8%
  • Other 3.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative SNP Reform UK Lib Dems
HereBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 35.8%21.0%14.3%11.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +16.9 2.5% +18.4 25.3% −11.0 11.6% −0.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
14.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Lamont Elected Conservative 18,872 40.5
David Wilson SNP 12,273 26.4
Caitlin Stott Labour 6,311 13.6
Ray Georgeson Lib Dems 3,686 7.9
Carolyn Grant Reform UK 3,340 7.2
Neil MacKinnon Green 1,526 3.3
Ellie Merton Other 329 0.7
Hamish Goldie-Scot Other 221 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
75.1%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029