Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dumfries and Galloway County constituency |
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| Dumfries and Galloway shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Russell Brown |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Dumfries and Galloway is a county constituency of in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was first used in the 2005 general election, and replaced Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfries, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review |
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| Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire |
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
The Dumfries and Galloway constituency covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Scottish Borders council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The Dumfries and Galloway constituency includes Stranraer, Newton Stewart, The Machars, Kirkcudbright and a major part of the town of Dumfries. Although within the town of Dumfries, the Nithsdale East and Caerlaverock wards, as they were when the constituency was created, were excluded from the constituency. Ward boundaries changed in 2007.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (2005)
- '2005 — present: Russell Brown, Labour
[edit] Elections
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Russell Brown | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Duncan | ||||
| General Election 2005: Dumfries and Galloway | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Russell Brown | 20,924 | 41.1 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Duncan | 18,002 | 35.4 | +3.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | Douglas Henderson | 6,182 | 12.1 | -13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Legg | 4,259 | 8.4 | -0.5 | |
| Scottish Green | John Schofield | 745 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Dennis | 497 | 1.0 | -0.6 | |
| Christian Vote | Mark Smith | 282 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 2,922 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50,891 | 68.5 | +1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Dumfries and Galloway, UKPollingReport
