UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

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The UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a Scottish Westminster constituency covering a largely rural area in the Scottish Borders, including towns such as Hawick, Galashiels, and Kelso.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
Westminster parliamentary constituency in Scotland
administrativeCounty Scottish Borders council area NERFINISHED
border England–Scotland border NERFINISHED
boundaryReviewAuthority Boundary Commission for Scotland NERFINISHED
character largely rural
containsPartOf River Tweed valley NERFINISHED
containsTown Duns NERFINISHED
Eyemouth NERFINISHED
Jedburgh NERFINISHED
Selkirk NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
created 2015
createdFor 2015 United Kingdom general election
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorateType county constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
governingBody UK Parliament NERFINISHED
hasRepresentation Member of Parliament in the House of Commons
hasType single-member constituency
hasUrbanCentres small and medium-sized towns
includesArea Berwickshire NERFINISHED
Roxburgh NERFINISHED
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED
includesTown Galashiels NERFINISHED
Hawick NERFINISHED
Kelso NERFINISHED
isPartOfRegion South of Scotland electoral region (broad area) NERFINISHED
isRural true
legalJurisdiction Scots law NERFINISHED
locatedIn Scotland
Scottish Borders NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricCounty Berwickshire NERFINISHED
Roxburghshire NERFINISHED
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED
mapEntity Scotland NERFINISHED
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
previousConstituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture
services
tourism
replaced Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (former Westminster seat components) NERFINISHED

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East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) adjacentTo UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
this entity surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Hermitage representedInParliament UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
this entity surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Roxburghshire representedInParliament UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
this entity surface form: Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Roxburghshire representedInParliament UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
this entity surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Walkerburn representedInParliament UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk