Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County constituency |
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| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | David Mundell |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), which was first used in the general election of 2005. It replaced parts of Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently the only Scottish parliamentary constituency represented by a Conservative MP.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review |
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| Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire |
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency covers parts of all three council areas. The rest of the Dumfries and Galloway council area is covered by the Dumfries and Galloway constituency; the rest of the Scottish Borders council area is covered by the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency; and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is covered by the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency, the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency, and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency is predominantly rural, and the terms of the name refer to the former local government county of Dumfries, the Clydesdale area of the South Lanarkshire council area and the Tweeddale area of the Scottish Borders council area. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency excludes, however, most of the town of Dumfries, which is within the Dumfries and Galloway constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (2005)
- 2005 — present: David Mundell, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Mundell | 16,141 | 36.2 | ||
| Labour | Sean Marshall | 14,403 | 32.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Patsy Kenton | 9,046 | 20.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party | Andrew Wood | 4,075 | 9.1 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Sarah MacTavish | 521 | 1.2 | ||
| UK Independence | Tony Lee | 430 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,738 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,616 | 67.6 | |||
