Scotland · 76,438Boundary · 2023

Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk

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Apr 2026

Represented by Con since 2024. Median income £26K (below average).

Lamont has been a near-perfect Conservative loyalist -- 99% party alignment -- but has broken ranks twice in recent months on notable issues. In March 2025 he defied his party to back the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at Third Reading, and in November 2024 he supported a new clause that would have pushed broader democratic reforms to the House of Lords alongside the removal of hereditary peers. More recently, he has used parliamentary time to raise sharp local concerns: pushing mobile coverage blackspots in the Scottish Borders to Westminster, advocating for a constituent facing barriers to cancer clinical trial access, and calling out Scottish Water over its handling of a major supply failure affecting thousands of homes and businesses.

A 78% voting participation rate sits slightly below the Commons average, though not dramatically so. His stance profile marks him out clearly as an opposition Conservative: voting against every tax increase put before him, supporting all pro-business motions, backing parliamentary scrutiny at every opportunity, and opposing the government's budget and progressive taxation measures consistently. He voted with the opposition on both the oil and gas and defence motions in March 2026, and supported Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill against the Labour government's position. Speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, social care, cost of living, and environmental issues.

365
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
76.4k
Electorate
2024 GE

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§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Lamont’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.386 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Lamont has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
94
Economy
84
Employment
48
Crime & Policing
41
Education
29
Constitution and Democracy
23
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading26 Mar 2025 · free vote
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§ 08The local picture.10 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
East BerwickshireAileen OrrScottish
East BerwickshireCarol HamiltonConserva
East BerwickshireJames AndersonIndepend
Galashiels DistrictEuan JardineConserva
Galashiels DistrictFay SinclairScottish
Galashiels DistrictHannah SteelLiberal
Galashiels DistrictNeil MacKinnonGreen Pa
Hawick DenholmClair RamageIndepend
Hawick DenholmNeil RichardsConserva
Hawick DenholmStuart MarshallIndepend
Hawick HermitageAnnette SmartScottish
Hawick HermitageJane CoxConserva
Median income
£25,800
HMRC SPI 2024
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