Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County constituency

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 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. As of 2006 it is the only Scottish parliamentary holding of the Conservatives.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (2005)
2005 — present: David Mundell, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mundell	16,141	36.2
	Labour	Sean Marshall	14,403	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)