John Lamont

John Lamont
MP
John Lamont MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 July 2025
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
	In office; 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Ian Murray
Succeeded by	Andrew Bowie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
	In office; 27 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 Serving with The Lord Offord of Garvel (2022–2024) ; The Lord Cameron of Lochiel (2024)
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	David Duguid
Succeeded by	Kirsty McNeill
Member of Parliament; for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Calum Kerr
Majority	6,599 (14.1%)
Convener of the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee
	In office; 1 March 2011 – 22 March 2011
Preceded by	Bill Aitken
Succeeded by	Christine Grahame
Member of the Scottish Parliament ; for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Roxburgh and Berwickshire (2007–2011)
	In office; 3 May 2007 – 27 April 2017
Preceded by	Euan Robson
Succeeded by	Rachael Hamilton
Personal details
Born	John Robert Lamont; 15 April 1976; Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Party	Scottish Conservatives
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Website	www.johnlamont.org

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John Robert Lamont (born 15 April 1976) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk since 2017, and has been Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons since July 2025. He previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from July to November 2024. Lamont served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, later Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire after boundary changes, from 2007 to 2017. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland between October 2022 to July 2024.