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The boundaries of the constituency, and its predecessors, can be viewed at Scottish Boundaries Commission's Map Browser. The boundaries of the constituency can also be viewed at the Ordnance Survey's Election Maps site. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Dumfries and Galloway is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies: Dumfriesshire and Galloway and West Dumfries. Dumfriesshire covers the eastern part of the council area. The town of Dumfries is divided between the two constituencies. The electoral wards in the Dumfriesshire constituency are listed below.
1628–33, 1639–41, 1643, 1644–47, 1648: Sir Robert Grierson of Lag [1]; 1643: John Laurie of Maxwelton [2]; During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the sheriffdom of Dumfries was represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster.
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The Dumfries and Galloway constituency was created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, and covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. . The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Scottish Borders council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council ar
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At Westminster the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency was represented by Conservative Ian Lang from its creation at the 1983 UK general election until 1997. It became the only Conservative constituency in the UK Parliament in Scotland in 2001. The Conservatives have represented the area in the Scottish Parliament since 2003.