- Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Dumfries Scottish Parliament
county constituency
Dumfries shown within the South of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland Created 1999 Abolished 2011 Council area Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the Dumfries constituency was abolished, with the city being divided between two new constituencies; Dumfriesshire, and Galloway and West Dumfries.
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Electoral region
- See also South of Scotland Scottish Parliament region
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]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election Member Party 1999 Elaine Murray Labour 2003 2007 2011 Constituency abolished: see Dumfriesshire Election results
Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dumfries 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 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 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
Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 
1999–2011 » 2011– »Central Scotland Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland Categories:- Politics of Dumfries and Galloway
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