| Dumfries Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Dumfries shown within the South of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Elaine Murray |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Dumfries is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, East Lothian, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, part of the North Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Dumfries constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[1]
The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.
Boundary review
See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has recommended making alterations to the two current Dumfriesshire seats.
Based within the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, the newly drawn seats will be known as Dumfriesshire and Galloway and West Dumfriesshire
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Elaine Murray | Labour | |
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Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dumfries | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Murray | 13,707 | 41.0 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Murray Tosh | 10,860 | 32.5 | -4.1 | |
| SNP | Michael Russell | 6,306 | 18.9 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Hume | 2,538 | 7.6 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 2,839 | 8.5 | |||
| Rejected Ballots | 1006 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,419 | 53.5 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Dumfries | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Murray | 12,834 | 39.97 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | David Mundell | 11,738 | 36.56 | +9.3 | |
| SNP | Andrew Wood | 3,931 | 12.24 | -7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Humblen | 2394 | 7.46 | -8.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Dennis | 1213 | 3.78 | n/a | |
| Majority | 1,096 | 3.41 | -6.11 | ||
| Turnout | 32,110 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Dumfries | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Murray | 14,101 | 36.74 | n/a | |
| Conservative | David Mundell | 10,447 | 27.22 | n/a | |
| SNP | James Donaldson | 7,625 | 19.87 | n/a | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Haughie | 6,209 | 16.18 | n/a | |
| Majority | 3,654 | n/a | |||
| Turnout | 38,382 | n/a | |||
Footnotes
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