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Encyclopedia > Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfries and Galloway is a constituency of in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfries. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ...


It covers Galloway and the town of Dumfries, occupying most of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. Galloway today refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in southwest Scotland. ... Dumfries is a Royal Burgh and town of about 30,000 people on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. ... Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

Election results

General Election 2005: Dumfries and Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Brown 20,924 41.1 +8.7
Conservative Peter Duncan 18,002 35.4 +3.3
SNP Douglas Henderson 6,182 12.1 -13.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Legg 4,259 8.4 -0.5
Scottish Green John Schofield 745 1.5 +1.5
SSP John Dennis 497 1.0 -0.6
Operation Christian Vote Mark Smith 282 0.6 +0.6
Majority 2,922 5.7
Turnout 50,891 68.5 +1.5
Labour hold Swing +2.7
General Election 2001: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Duncan 12,222 34.0 +3.5
SNP Malcolm Fleming 12,148 33.8 -10.1
Labour Thomas Sloan 7,258 20.2 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Wallace 3,698 10.3 +3.9
SSP Andy Harvey 588 1.6 N/A
Majority 74 0.2
Turnout 35,914 67.4 -12.2
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Russell Leslie Brown (born September 17, 1951) is a United Kingdom politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Dumfries. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... Peter John Duncan (born July 10, 1965) is the only Conservative Member of Parliament in Scotland. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... Douglas Henderson is a Scottish nationalist. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Green Party is the Green party in Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... Operation Christian Vote (OCV) is a minor British Political Party founded in May 2004. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... Peter Duncan is the name of several people: For the actor and former Blue Peter presenter, see Peter Duncan (actor). ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Dumfries and Galloway (parliamentary constituency) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (195 words)
Dumfries and Galloway, unitary authority, south-western Scotland, bordered on the north by South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire; on...
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Hill & Knowlton UK Election Watch 2005 (659 words)
The periodic changes to parliamentary constituencies south of the border are on their way, but will not occur until the election 2009/10 so for now the number of seats in the Commons will be reduced from 659 to 646, with the figure required for an overall majority falling to 324 seats.
The Boundary Commission of Scotland's work in reducing the number of constituencies now means that electorates in most seats have increased to the average size of electorates in England, at least for the time being, and goes someway to answering the critics who point to Scotland's disproportionate presence in the UK Parliament.
Some sitting Members of Parliament, faced with the prospect of a contest with parliamentary colleagues to become the party's candidate in a new seat, decided that discretion was the better part of valour' and chose to stand down.
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