Galloway and West Dumfries

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Galloway and West Dumfries
Galloway and West Dumfries

South Scotland

Educated
2011
MP:
Finlay Carson ( Conservative )
Regions
Dumfries and Galloway

Galloway and West Dumfries 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 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale , including the western part of the city of Dumfries in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​3,636 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,164 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Conservative Alex Fergusson 11,071 36.9
SNP Aileen McLeod 10,209 34.0
Labor Willie Scobie 7954 26.5
Liberal Democrats Joe Rosiejak 763 2.5
Turnout: 29,997 (52.99%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Finlay Carson 14,527 43.5 +6.6
SNP Aileen McLeod 13.013 39.0 +5.0
Labor Fiona O'Donnell 4,876 14.6 −11.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Metcalf 947 2.8 +0.3
Turnout: 33,458 (59.4%)

Individual evidence

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