John Lamont is the Member of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk. He first became an MP in 2017 with 54% of the vote, was re-elected in 2019 and again in 2024 with a majority of 6,599 votes.
Prior to that, John had been an MSP in the Scottish Borders since May 2007. When in the Scottish Parliament he was Convener of the Justice Committee and was also Chief Whip for the Scottish Conservatives.
He campaigned strongly to keep the United Kingdom together in September 2014 and believes that the Borders now needs to move on from the constitutional question to tackling improving local services.
Before getting elected, John studied law at the University of Glasgow before working as a solicitor for a number of years. He is the son of a Berwickshire farmer and former local teacher and lives in Coldstream.