Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumfriesshire
County constituency
Created: 1708
Abolished: 2005
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Dumfriesshire was a county 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1708-1832

Year Member Party
1708 Lord Johnston
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
1832 Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded

[edit] MPs 1832-2005

Election Member Party
1832 John James Hope Johnstone
1847 Viscount Drumlanrig
Feb 1857 John James Hope Johnstone
1865 George Gustavus Walker
1868 Sydney Waterlow Liberal
Mar. 1869 George Gustavus Walker
1874 John James Hope Johnstone
1880 Sir Robert Jardine Liberal Unionist
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 Liberal
1924 John Charteris Conservative
1929 Dr Joseph Hunter 1 Liberal
1931 National Liberal
Sep. 1935 Sir Henry Fildes National Liberal
1945 Niall Macpherson National Liberal
Dec. 1963 David Colville Anderson Conservative
1964 Hector Monro Conservative
1997 Russell Brown Labour
2005 constituency abolished

1 Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a Liberal candidate, but in split after the 1931 general election, he joined the National Liberals.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Dumfries
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Brown 20,830 48.9 +1.4
Conservative John Charteris 11,996 28.2 +0.1
Liberal Democrat 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

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election November 1935: Dumfriesshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Sir Henry Fildes 22,053 65.4 +5.1
Labour J. Downie 11,685 34.6 −5.1
Majority 10,368 30.8 +10.2
Turnout 33,738 73.6 +14.9
National Liberal hold Swing +5.1
Dumfriesshire by-election, September 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Sir Henry Fildes 16,271 60.3 −17.4
Labour Co-op J. Downie 10,697 39.7 +17.4
Majority 5,574 20.6 −34.8
Turnout 26,968 58.7 −18.9
National Liberal hold Swing −17.4
General Election 1931: Dumfriesshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Hunter 26,873 77.7 +32.6
Labour J. S. Paterson 7,693 22.3 +3.6
Majority 19,180 55.4 46.5
Turnout 34,566 77.6 −3.8
National Liberal hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Dumfriesshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Alport Molteno 4,814
Conservative J.H. Balfour-Browne 3,431
General Election 1886: Dumfriesshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Sir Robert Jardine 4,106
Liberal Thomas McKie 3,252
General Election 1885: Dumfriesshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Robert Jardine 4,857
Conservative Walter Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 3,566

[edit] See also

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Westminster constituencies of Scotland
Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

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