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Encyclopedia > Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale was created as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the general election of 2005. It replaced parts of Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. 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 Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...


The constituency covers the eastern part of Dumfries and Galloway (the old county of Dumfriesshire minus the town of Dumfries itself), the south of South Lanarkshire (the Clydesdale area), and the north west of the Scottish Borders (the Tweeddale area). It is predominantly rural. Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Dumfriesshire is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Location within the British Isles. ... South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... This article is about the former district of Scotland. ... Scottish Borders is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Tweeddale is the traditional name for the area drained by the upper reaches of the Tweed River, this area was considered to end before the Yarrow Water flowed into the Tweed, so the area to the south and east, was bounded by the Yarrow/Tweed watershed, and to the north...

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

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

David Mundell is the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Mundell 16,141 36.2 +11.4
Labour Sean Marshall 14,403 32.3 -16.6
Liberal Democrats Patsy Kenton 9,046 20.3 -1.5
SNP Andrew Wood 4,075 9.1 -5.2
SSP Sarah MacTavish 521 1.2 -0.6
UKIP Tony Lee 430 1.0 +0.9
Majority 1,738 3.9
Turnout 44,616 67.6 +0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.0
General Election 2001: Dumfries
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Brown 20,830 48.9 +1.4
Conservative John Charteris 11,996 28.2 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Ross Scott 4,955 11.6 +0.6
SNP Gerry Fisher 4,103 9.6 -2.4
SSP John Dennis 702 1.6 N/A
Majority 8,834 20.7
Turnout 42,586 67.0 -11.9
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... David Mundell is the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left 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 social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left 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 Labour Party is a a centre-left 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 centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
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.
Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words)
Edinburgh South West is a constituency to be represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It is based on the old constituency of Edinburgh Pentlands, but excludes some of the east of that constituency and includes a south western portion of Edinburgh Central.
The constituency covers the south western portion of the City of Edinburgh council area.
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