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|
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
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Sir David Steel (Retiring)
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8,623
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|
10,689
|
|
12,178
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|
6,671
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|
434
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|
|
|
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|
Tweeddale,Ettrick and Lauderdale
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12,218
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6,538
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13,953
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|
6,835
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|
276
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|
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LibDem
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|
This seat in the Scottish borders has been associated for over 30 years, since 1965, with Sir David Steel, although it was called Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles until 1983. Now, though, the former Liberal leader (1976-88), who first won the seat in a by-election in 1965 and has held it despite the offence his views on homosexual and abortion reform and South African rugby tours have given to some of his rural constituents, is retiring.
It will not be an easy task for his successor, 30-year old Michael Moore, to hold the seat in the Liberal Democrat interest. However, he has one great advantage. The only other competitive party here is the Conservatives, who are predicted by polls and pundits alike to be heading for national defeat, and either a moderate or major decline in share of vote.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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3,686
|
13.19
|
9.03
|
146
|
|
|
1,214
|
4.34
|
11.17
|
39
|
|
|
2,293
|
8.21
|
11.25
|
73
|
|
|
4,335
|
15.51
|
14.70
|
106
|
|
|
726
|
2.60
|
10.45
|
25
|
|
|
2,431
|
8.70
|
2.81
|
309
|
|
|
3,584
|
12.83
|
8.01
|
160
|
|
|
4,143
|
14.83
|
15.25
|
97
|
|
|
2,402
|
8.60
|
7.13
|
121
|
|
|
3,127
|
11.19
|
10.17
|
110
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