Dumfries (constituency, Scotland)

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Dumfries
Dumfries

South of Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . Here the constituency of Dumfries was abolished. Large parts of the old constituency became the new constituency Dumfriesshire , the western outskirts and the western part of the city of Dumfries were added to the county of Galloway and West Dumfries . The constituency comprised parts of the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway and sent one MP. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 80,784 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Elaine Murray 14.101 36.4
Conservative David Mundell 10,447 27.2
SNP Stephen Norris 7625 19.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Wallace 6209 16.2

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Elaine Murray 12,834 40.0 +3.6
Conservative David Mundell 11,738 36.6 +9.4
SNP Andrew Wood 3931 12.2 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Clare Hamblen 2394 7.5 −8.7
Socialist John Dennis 1213 3.8 +3.8
Turnout: 32,110 (52.20%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Elaine Murray 13,707 41.0 +1.0
Conservative Murray Tosh 10,868 32.5 −4.1
SNP Michael Russell 6306 18.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Lynne Hume 2538 7.6 +0.1
Turnout: 33,419 (53.46%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament