Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
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Galloway was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983, when its name was changed to Galloway and Upper Nithsdsale. In 2005 it was replaced by Dumfries and Galloway.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Galloway (1918-1983)
| Galloway County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1918 Gilbert McMicking
- 1922 Cecil Randolph Dudgeon Liberal
- 1924 Sir Arthur John Henniker-Hughan Conservative
- 1925 Sidney Richard Streatfield Conservative
- 1929 Cecil Randolph Dudgeon Liberal
- 1931 John Hamilton Mackie, Conservative
- 1959 John Brewis, Conservative
- 1979 Ian Lang, later Baron Lang of Monkton, Conservative
[edit] Results
| General Election 1931: Galloway | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Hamilton Mackie | 18,993 | |||
| Liberal | E.M. Campbell | 9,176 | |||
| Labour | Hector McNeil | 3,418 | |||
| New Party | Maj Cecil Randolph Dudgeon | 986 | |||
[edit] Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (1983-2005)
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale County constituency |
|
|---|---|
| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983: Ian Lang, later Baron Lang of Monkton, Conservative
- 1997: Alasdair Morgan, Scottish National Party
- 2001: Peter Duncan, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Duncan | 12,222 | 34.0 | +3.5 | |
| Scottish National Party | Malcolm Fleming | 12,148 | 33.8 | -10.1 | |
| Labour | Thomas Sloan | 7,258 | 20.2 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Wallace | 3,698 | 10.3 | +3.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Andy Harvey | 588 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 74 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 35,914 | 67.4 | -12.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Scottish National Party | Swing | ||||
