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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
Dumfriesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.
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.
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
Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005.
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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.
Dumfriesshire Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale East Lothian Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley area covered by former constituency moved to the West Scotland Region from 2011; 4th: 2011: John Scott (Conservative) Adam Ingram Aileen Campbell Alex Fergusson (Conservative) Elaine Murray John Lamont