Current MSP: John Lamont (Conservative) [MSP website]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | +/– | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Lamont * | 12933 | +1597 | 44.9 | +5.8 | |
| SNP | Paul Wheelhouse | 7599 | +2445 | 26.4 | +8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Euan Robson | 4990 | -4832 | 17.3 | -16.5 | |
| Labour | Rab Stewart | 2986 | +582 | 10.4 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Jesse Rae# | 308 | +308 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 5334 | Turnout | 28816 | Swing | +1.4% | CON hold |
With no clear challenger given the decrease in the Liberal Democrat vote nationally, a Conservative hold was relatively comfortable in 2011. John Lamont first won the equivalent seat, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, in 2007 from Euan Robson, a former Liberal Democrat Minister, who fell back into third in 2011. Paul Wheelhouse was elected a list MSP for the SNP.
Notes: Given boundary changes since 2007, variations in votes and share between seats with different boundaries would be misleading. We use the Denver figures, essentially a calculation of the 2007 votes cast within 2011 boundaries. More information on this here.
Symbols used:
* – Incumbent
^ – Challenger holding a list seat in previous Parliament
# – Lost deposit
| National | Central Scotland | Glasgow | Highlands & Islands | Lothian | Mid-Scotland & Fife | North East Scotland | South Scotland | West Scotland |
| Ayr | Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley | Clydesdale | Dumfriesshire | East Lothian | Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire | Galloway & West Dumfries | Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley | Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale |