J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 B a c k g r o u n d
2 R e s u l t
3 2 0 1 6 r e s u l t
4 R e f e r e n c e s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
2 0 1 7 E t t r i c k , R o x b u r g h a n d B e r w i c k s h i r e b y - e l e c t i o n
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The 2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election was a by-election held on 8 June 2017 for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire . It was triggered by the resignation of John Lamont .
Background [ edit ]
Conservative politician John Lamont was elected as MSP for the constituency at the 2016 election , having first been elected in 2007 . Lamont announced on 25 April 2017 that he would be standing in the 2017 UK general election and submitted his resignation as MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire with effect from 4 May, which triggered a by-election.[1] Ken Macintosh , the Presiding Officer scheduled the by-election for 8 June, the same date as the UK general election.[2]
Four candidates were nominated: Conservative Rachael Hamilton , Gail Hendry for the Scottish National Party, Sally Prentice for Labour and Catriona Bhatia for the Liberal Democrats.[3] South Scotland , resigned her seat in advance of the by-election.[4]
2016 result [ edit ]
Scottish Parliament election, 2016 : Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire [7]
Notes:
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N incumbent , win or lose respectively.
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Party votes
%
±%
Conservative
Y John Lamont 18,257
55.2
+10.3
15,452
46.65
+15.16
SNP
Paul Wheelhouse
10,521
31.8
+5.4
10,068
30.40
-4.45
Liberal Democrats
Jim Hume
2,551
7.7
-9.6
2,851
8.61
-6.14
Labour
Barrie Cunning
1,766
5.3
-5.0
2,251
6.80
-4.23
Scottish Green
1,481
4.47
+1.11
UKIP
771
2.33
+0.66
Independent
112
RISE
68
Solidarity
67
Informal votes
88
68
Total valid votes
33,095
33,121
Conservative hold
Majority
7,736
23.4
+4.9
References [ edit ]
^ "Presiding Officer sets by-election date for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire" . Scottish Parliament. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017 .
^ "Four candidates to fight Borders by-election" . BBC News . BBC. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017 .
^ "MSP Rachael Hamilton quits to fight Holyrood by-election" . BBC News . BBC. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017 .
^ "WATCH: Rachael Hamilton wins Holyrood by-election" . Border Telegraph . 9 June 2017.
^ Border Telegraph (8 June 2017). "Holyrood By-election 2017: Rachael Hamilton is elected" – via YouTube.
^ "Election 2016. Scotland. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency" . BBC News . Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_Ettrick,_Roxburgh_and_Berwickshire_by-election&oldid=1177067971 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● B y - e l e c t i o n s t o t h e S c o t t i s h P a r l i a m e n t ● 2 0 1 7 i n S c o t l a n d ● 2 0 1 0 s e l e c t i o n s i n S c o t l a n d ● 2 0 1 7 e l e c t i o n s i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m ● P o l i t i c s o f t h e S c o t t i s h B o r d e r s ● J u n e 2 0 1 7 e v e n t s i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m A p r i l 2 0 1 7 ● E n g v a r B f r o m A p r i l 2 0 1 7
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 5 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 2 3 , a t 1 9 : 1 0 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
Y John Lamont
