Under the country's unique "binominal" system, each parliamentary constituency has two seats; the winning candidate takes one and in most cases the runner-up takes the other.
This constituency has sent a very clear message today.
That opportunity to lock up that constituency has vanished.
Now, my constituency has a fascinating history far beyond the Hollywood film and historical name.
This constituency has been diminishing as the Republican party grows more conservative.
This constituency has, arguably, become the most reliable bloc in the Republican Party.
The constituency has four secondary schools and 55% of homes are owned by the council.
The movement has assiduously restricted users of the outdoors to the point that their own constituency has shrunk to insignificance.
Little wonder, then, this other disenfranchised constituency has not turned out in support of the Occupy movement.
Thanks to generous electoral boundaries, the average Scottish constituency has 9,000 fewer voters than the average English one.
Memory of the last Conservative to serve this Borders constituency has faded deep into Scotland's political past.
