BBC Profile:
This seat was created for the 2005 general election from the old Roxburgh and Berwickshire seat through the addition of ten wards from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Lib Dem Archy Kirkwood had held Roxburgh and Berwickshire since its creation in 1983.
At the general election Lib Dem Michael Moore (moving across from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) won the new seat with a 5,901 majority.
There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
This is a predominantly rural constituency which includes the Border towns of Hawick, Jedburgh, Melrose and Kelso, equally famous for their ancient abbeys and their more modern rugby union teams.
During the industrial revolution the local cottage weaving industry metamorphosed into the thriving centre of Scottish tweed production, now past its heyday. However, the tweed, cashmere and knitwear industries are still significant.
The even older industries of agriculture, forestry and fishing remain important to the local economy, with one of the highest proportions of people employed in the sector in the UK.
Robert the Bruce's heart is buried in Melrose Abbey. Tourists are also attracted to fish in the swirling rivers in the Borders region.
About one in five constituents commute out of the Borders to work (usually to Edinburgh) and plans to re-open the Edinburgh-Borders line (closed since the 1960s) should improve transport links. The new line is due to be built from 2011, with completion expected in 2014.
[More...]BBC Profile:
This seat was created for the 2005 general election from the old Roxburgh and Berwickshire seat through the addition of ten wards from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Lib Dem Archy Kirkwood had held Roxburgh and Berwickshire since its creation in 1983.
At the general election Lib Dem Michael Moore (moving across from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) won the new seat with a 5,901 majority.
There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
This is a predominantly rural constituency which includes the Border towns of Hawick, Jedburgh, Melrose and Kelso, equally famous for their ancient abbeys and their more modern rugby union teams.
During the industrial revolution the local cottage weaving industry metamorphosed into the thriving centre of Scottish tweed production, now past its heyday. However, the tweed, cashmere and knitwear industries are still significant.
The even older industries of agriculture, forestry and fishing remain important to the local economy, with one of the highest proportions of people employed in the sector in the UK.
Robert the Bruce's heart is buried in Melrose Abbey. Tourists are also attracted to fish in the swirling rivers in the Borders region.
About one in five constituents commute out of the Borders to work (usually to Edinburgh) and plans to re-open the Edinburgh-Borders line (closed since the 1960s) should improve transport links. The new line is due to be built from 2011, with completion expected in 2014.
Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes
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