Dumfriesshire (constituency)
Dumfriesshire |
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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%) |