Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1983–2005
Created from	Galloway and Dumfries
Replaced by	Dumfries and Galloway

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

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Ian Lang	Conservative
	1997	Alasdair Morgan	SNP
	2001	Peter Duncan	Conservative
2005		constituency abolished

Election results

Galloway constituencies election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lang	17,579	44.7	−1.0
	SNP	George Thompson	12,118	30.8	−2.0
	Liberal	Gerald Douglas	5,129	13.0	+3.4
	Labour	Malcolm Miller	4,464	11.4	−0.5
Majority			5,461	13.9	+1.0
Turnout			39,290	75.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lang	16,592	40.4	−4.3
	SNP	Stephen Norris	12,919	31.5	+0.7
	Liberal	John McKercher	6,001	14.6	+1.6
	Labour	James Gray	5,298	12.9	+1.5
	Independent	Dan Kenny	230	0.6	New
Majority			3,673	8.9	−5.0
Turnout			41,040	76.8	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lang	18,681	42.0	+1.6
	SNP	Matt Brown	16,213	36.5	+5.0
	Labour	John Dowson	5,766	13.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John McKerchar	3,826	8.6	−6.0
Majority			2,468	5.5	−3.4
Turnout			44,486	81.7	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1997: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Alasdair Morgan	18,449	43.9	+7.5
	Conservative	Ian Lang	12,825	30.5	−11.5
	Labour	Katy Clark	6,861	16.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	John McKerchar	2,700	6.4	−2.2
	Independent	Robert Wood	566	1.4	New
	Referendum	Alan Kennedy	428	1.0	New
	UKIP	Joseph Smith	189	0.4	New
Majority			5,624	13.4	N/A
Turnout			42,018	79.7	−2.0
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	12,222	34.0	+3.5
	SNP	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	New
Majority			74	0.2	N/A
Turnout			35,914	67.4	−12.3
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing