Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (constituency, Scotland)

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Dumfries and Galloway

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 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 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was abolished. Most of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale went into the new constituency of Galloway and West Dumfries . Galloway and Upper Nithsdale included areas of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area and sent one MP. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 66,981 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
SNP	Alasdair Morgan	13,873	39.3
Conservative	Alex Fergusson	10,672	30.2
Labor	Jim Stevens	7209	20.4
Liberal Democrats	Joan Mitchell	3562	10.1

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Alex Fergusson	11,332	38.2	+8.0
SNP	Alasdair Morgan	11,233	37.9	−1.4
Labor	Norma Hart	4299	14.5	−5.9
Liberal Democrats	Neil Wallace	1847	6.2	−3.9
Socialist	Joy Cherkaoui	709	2.4	+2.4
Scottish People's Alliance	Graham Brockhouse	215	0.7	+0.7
Turnout: 29,635 (57.38%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Alex Fergusson	13,387	44.2	+6.0
SNP	Alasdair Morgan	10,054	33.2	−4.7
Labor	Stephen Hodgson	4935	16.3	+1.8
Liberal Democrats	Alastair Cooper	1631	5.4	−0.8
Non-party	Sandy Richardson	311	1.0	+1.0
Turnout: 30,318 (57.66%)

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