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2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election

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The 2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election was a by-election held on 8 June 2017 for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire. It was triggered by the resignation of John Lamont.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachael Hamilton	20,658	53.55	-1.65
	SNP	Gail Hendry	11,320	29.34	-2.46
	Labour	Sally Prentice	3,406	8.83	+3.53
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Bhatia	3,196	8.28	+0.58
Majority			9,338	24.20	+1.8
Turnout			38,580	69.8^[6]
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire ^[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y John Lamont		18,257	55.2	+10.3	15,452	46.65	+15.16
	SNP	Paul Wheelhouse		10,521	31.8	+5.4	10,068	30.40	-4.45
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Hume		2,551	7.7	-9.6	2,851	8.61	-6.14
	Labour	Barrie Cunning		1,766	5.3	-5.0	2,251	6.80	-4.23
	Scottish Green						1,481	4.47	+1.11
	UKIP						771	2.33	+0.66
	Independent						112
	RISE						68
	Solidarity						67
Informal votes				88			68
Total valid votes				33,095			33,121
	Conservative hold		Majority	7,736	23.4	+4.9

2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election