Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Midlothian Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was a county 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.

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Moore	12,178	31.2
	Labour	Keith Geddes	10,689	27.4
	Conservative	A. Jack	8,623	22.1
	SNP	I. Goldie	6,671	17.1
	Referendum Party	C. Mowbray	406	1.0
	Liberal	John Hein	387	1.0
	Natural Law	D. Paterson	47	0.1
Majority			1,489	3.8
Turnout			51,448	75.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
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