Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election (partly replacing the former Galloway constituency), and abolished for the 2005 general election, when it was replaced by Dumfries and Galloway.
The constituency was notable in being the only seat in all of Scotland won by the Conservative Party at the 2001 general election, and was one of the very few seats that changed hands in that election.
Boundaries
1983–1997: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Kirkconnel, Mabie, Mid Nithsdale, and Sanquhar and Queensberry.
1997–2005: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Queensberry, Upper Nithsdale, and West Nithsdale.
Members of Parliament
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| 1983
| Ian Lang
| Conservative
| Member for main predecessor seat (1979–1983)<br>Secretary of State for Scotland (1990–1995)<br>Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1995–1997)
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| 1997
| Alasdair Morgan
| SNP
| Leader of the SNP in Westminster (1999–2001)<br>Elected to in Scottish Parliament in 1999
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| 2001
| Peter Duncan
| Conservative
|Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (2003–2005)<br>Contested Dumfries and Galloway following redistribution
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|colspan="2" align="center"| 2005
|colspan="3"| constituency abolished: see Dumfries and Galloway
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Elections
center|thumb|750x750px|Galloway constituencies election results
Elections of the 1980s
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!colspan="4" | 1979 notional result
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!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Conservative ||align=right| 18,549 ||align=right| 45.7
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| SNP ||align=right| 13,319 ||align=right| 32.8
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| Labour ||align=right| 4,810 ||align=right| 11.9
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|Liberal ||align=right| 3,881 ||align=right| 9.6
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|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|40,559
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|colspan="2"|Electorate
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Elections of the 1990s
Elections of the 2000s
See also
- Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)