Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dumfriesshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Dumfriesshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | James Johnston, Lord Johnston later Marquess of Annandale | ||
| 1709 | William Grierson | ||
| 1711 | James Murray | ||
| 1713 | Sir William Johnstone | ||
| 1722 | Charles Areskine | ||
| 1741 | Sir John Douglas | ||
| 1747 | Lord Charles Douglas | ||
| 1755 | James Veitch | ||
| 1761 | Archibald Douglas | ||
| 1774 | Sir Robert Laurie | ||
| 1804 | Sir William Johnstone Hope | ||
| 1830 | John James Hope Johnstone | ||
| 1847 | Archibald William Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, later Marquess of Queensberry | ||
| 1857 | John James Hope Johnstone | ||
| 1865 | George Gustavus Walker | ||
| 1868 | Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow | ||
| 1869 | George Gustavus Walker | ||
| 1874 | John James Hope Johnstone | ||
| 1880 | Sir Robert Jardine | ||
| 1892 | William Jardine Herries Maxwell | Conservative | |
| 1895 | Robinson Souttar | Liberal | |
| 1900 | William Jardine Herries Maxwell | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Percy Alport Molteno | Liberal | |
| 1918 | William Murray | Conservative | |
| 1922 | William Allan Chapple | ||
| 1924 | John Charteris | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Joseph Hunter | Liberal | |
| 1935 | Sir Henry Fildes | National Liberal | |
| 1945 | Major Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, later Baron Drumalbyn | National Liberal | |
| 1963 | David Colville Anderson | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Hector Seymour Peter Monro, later Baron Monro of Langholm | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Russell Leslie Brown | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Dumfries | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Russell Brown | 20,830 | 48.9 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | John Charteris | 11,996 | 28.2 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Ross Scott | 4,955 | 11.6 | +0.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Gerry Fisher | 4,103 | 9.6 | -2.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Dennis | 702 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,834 | 20.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42,586 | 67.0 | -11.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
