Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
1983–2005
Created from Galloway and Dumfries [1]
Replaced by Dumfries and Galloway

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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The constituency was created for the 1983 general election (partly replacing the former Galloway constituency), and abolished for the 2005 general election, when it was replaced by Dumfries and Galloway.

The constituency was notable in being the only seat in all of Scotland won by the Conservative Party at the 2001 general election, and was one of the very few seats that changed hands in that election.

Boundaries

1983–1997: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Kirkconnel, Mabie, Mid Nithsdale, and Sanquhar and Queensberry.

1997–2005: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Queensberry, Upper Nithsdale, and West Nithsdale.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1983 Ian Lang Conservative
1997 Alasdair Morgan SNP
2001 Peter Duncan Conservative
2005 constituency abolished

Election results

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Galloway constituencies election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Lang 17,579 44.7 −1.0
SNP George Thompson 12,11830.8−2.0
Liberal Gerald Douglas5,12913.0+3.4
Labour Malcolm Miller4,46411.4−0.5
Majority5,46113.9+1.0
Turnout 39,29075.8
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Lang 16,592 40.4 −4.3
SNP Stephen Norris12,91931.5+0.7
Liberal John McKercher6,00114.6+1.6
Labour James Gray5,29812.9+1.5
Independent Dan Kenny2300.6New
Majority3,6738.9−5.0
Turnout 41,04076.8+1.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Lang 18,681 42.0 +1.6
SNP Matt Brown16,21336.5+5.0
Labour John Dowson5,76613.0+0.1
Liberal Democrats John McKerchar3,8268.6−6.0
Majority2,4685.5−3.4
Turnout 44,48681.7+4.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1997: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alasdair Morgan 18,449 43.9 +7.5
Conservative Ian Lang 12,82530.5−11.5
Labour Katy Clark 6,86116.3+3.4
Liberal Democrats John McKerchar2,7006.4−2.2
Independent Robert Wood5661.4New
Referendum Alan Kennedy4281.0New
UKIP Joseph Smith1890.4New
Majority5,62413.4N/A
Turnout 42,01879.7−2.0
SNP gain from Conservative Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Duncan 12,222 34.0 +3.5
SNP Malcolm Fleming12,14833.8−10.1
Labour Thomas Sloan7,25820.2+3.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Wallace3,69810.3+3.9
Scottish Socialist Andy Harvey5881.6New
Majority740.2N/A
Turnout 35,91467.4−12.3
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Galloway and Upper Nithsdale', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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