Election Results
General Election 2001: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Archibald Kirkwood | 14,044 | 48.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | George Turnbull | 6,533 | 22.7 | -1.2 | |
Labour | Catherine Maxwell Stuart | 4,498 | 15.6 | +0.7 | |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 2,806 | 9.7 | -1.6 | |
Scottish Socialist | Amanda Millar | 463 | 1.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Peter Neilson | 453 | 1.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 7,511 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 28,797 | 60.6 | -13.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Archibald Kirkwood | 16,243 | 46.5 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Douglas Younger | 8,337 | 23.9 | -10.3 | |
Labour | Helen Eadie | 5,226 | 15.0 | +6.2 | |
SNP | Malcolm Balfour | 3,959 | 11.3 | +0.7 | |
Referendum Party | John Curtis | 922 | 2.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Peter Neilson | 202 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | David Lucas | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,906 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,931 | 73.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
General Election 1992: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Archibald Kirkwood | 15,852 | 46.9 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Shirley Finlay-Maxwell | 11,595 | 34.3 | −2.9 | |
SNP | Marshall N. Douglas | 3,437 | 10.2 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Lambert | 2,909 | 8.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 4,257 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 33,793 | 77.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
General Election 1987: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Archibald Kirkwood | 16,388 | 49.2 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Dr Liam Fox | 12,380 | 37.2 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Tim Luckhurst | 2,944 | 8.8 | +1.4 | |
SNP | Marshall N. Douglas | 1,586 | 4.8 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 4,008 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,298 | 77.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1983: Roxburgh & Berwickshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Archibald Kirkwood | 15,920 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Iain Sproat | 12,524 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Labour | D.A. Briggs | 2,326 | 7.4 | N/A | |
SNP | Robert Shirley | 852 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,396 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,622 | 75.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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