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Hold your mouse over your community to see just some of Jeremy's work over the last five years.

Re-elected in 2007 with an increased majority to continue working for you

Opening of renovated High Mill and work underway on the new Borders Campus after successful campaign for £30 million investment for state of the art facility

More doorstep collections for recycling and composting of local green and business waste

High speed broadband for local schools

Campaigning to retain Border TV news

Safety improvements on A7 north of Galashiels

New school investments and health facilities for Lauder

Opening of new Galashiels Health Centre

Campaign for investment for improvement or replacement of Pentland House home in Penicuik

PEEBLES: Secured sheriff court and successfully pressed for new police station investment; secured funding for new bus services; worked with young people to support UP2U and Youth Chex; represented views on new schools; secured funding for £800,000 extension to Priorsford School; helped constituents affected by flooding PENICUIK: Worked with local groups to secure future of Town Hall; supported workers of Edinburgh Crystal; pressing for Further Education facility in town; spoken against Midlothian Council on leisure facilities; pressed for action on youth disorder and better youth facilities; developed new ideas to crack down on anti-social behaviour LEADBURN: Successful campaign for new junction WEST LINTON: Key supporter of new school; successfully pressed for better policing; lobbied for the 20's plenty signs; represented constituency in planning issues; supported volunteer first responders INNERLEITHEN: Breaking deadlock to get mountain biking uplift; pushed for road surface improvements; retained late night bus service; supporting local youth project CARDRONA: Pressing for better broadband provision WALKERBURN: Supported local community for development of village centre; campaigning for civil service relocation to the village GALASHIELS: Secured Executive funding for the Borders Railway; set up and chaired campign group to retain the School of textiles and design...then successfully lobbied for £30 million investment for new Borders College and university campus; lobbied for more affordable housing; fighting the A7 campaign LAUDER: Supported local development trust; successfully lobbied for new health centre; lobbied Transport Scotland for road improvements; rode (and survived) Common Riding! OXTON: Worked with parents to retain Channelkirk School and opposes closures of small schools EARLSTON: Campaigning for A68 improvements; successfully lobbied for new high school; supported nursery provision; supporting moves for better health facilities MELROSE: Campaigned to save fire station; supporting local business to recycle waste DARNICK: Secured recognition for Darnick as a distinct rural community SELKIRK: Secured funding for new bypass feasibility study funding; pushing for national textiles centre as tourism resource; supporting local post office ETTRICK AND YARROW VALLEYS: Secured road improvements and verge cutting; successfully lobbied for local telephone exchanges to be broadband enabled; working closely with local hill and tenant farmers; pressed for better transport links and more demand led bus services SILVERBURN: Helped secure use of water tank for community use TWEED VALLEY: Supported constituents on major planning issues; supporting rural youth facilities; raised concerns on road safety A7: Launched major campaign for safer A7 north of Galashiels
 

5 At the groundbreaking ceremony for the redeveloped campus at Netherdale

Held over 300 constituency advice surgeries

Pursued over 3,300 pieces of casework for individual constituents

A 95% attendance rate at parliamentary committees

One of the most regular speakers in parliamentary debates

Held meetings and made visits with community groups each week since elected

Secured Scottish Executive funding for the Borders Railway and £1.2 million for better local bus services, doubling main routes frequency

Chaired the local campaign group that kept the School of Textiles in Galashiels

Secured multi million additional funding for building affordable homes to rent in the Borders

Secured more than £1.5 million for local health services with new investment in Penicuik, Gala and Lauder in 2007
 
 
     

Jeremy Purvis MSP 11 Island Street Galashiels TD1 1NZ 01896 663656