Dumfriesshire (constituency)

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Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire

South Scotland

Educated
2011
MPs
Oliver Mundell ( Conservative )
Regions
Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfriesshire is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in the course of the constituencies' revision in 2011 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland . It covers large parts of the former constituency of Dumfries in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway , including the eastern part of the city of Dumfries . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​2,790.2 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 77,160 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Elaine Murray 12,624 39.6
Conservative Gillian Dykes 9468 29.7
SNP Aileen Orr 8384 26.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Brodie 1419 4.4
Turnout: 31,895 (53.41%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Oliver Mundell 13,536 37.3 +7.6
SNP Joan McAlpine 12.306 33.9 +7.7
Labor Elaine Murray 9.151 25.2 −14.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Brodie 1,267 3.5 −1.0
Turnout: 36,260 (59.7%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament