Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Scottish Parliament constituency in the Borders, currently Conservative-held.
Last refreshed: 10 April 2026
Is Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire on course to fall to the SNP in 2026?
- Who is the MSP for Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire?
- The seat is currently Conservative-held and projected to fall to the SNP at the 7 May 2026 Holyrood election.Source: Electoral Calculus MRP, April 2026
- Will the Scottish Conservatives lose their Borders seat in 2026?
- Electoral Calculus projects Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire falling to the SNP, part of a projected five-seat wipeout of Conservative constituency MSPs.Source: Electoral Calculus MRP, 7 April 2026
Background
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire is a Scottish Borders constituency currently held by the Scottish Conservatives and projected by Electoral Calculus to fall to the SNP at the 7 May 2026 Holyrood election. It is one of five Conservative-held constituencies expected to be lost, potentially leaving the party without a single constituency MSP for the first time since devolution.
The seat covers a wide rural area in the Scottish Borders, including the towns of Hawick, Kelso, and Selkirk. It has returned a Conservative MSP since the party first won it in 2011. The Borders region has historically been Conservative-leaning within the Scottish context, making its projected loss a measure of how FAR the party's support has collapsed.