Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Type = county


Region = South of Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Alex Fergusson (politician)
Party = Conservative
Council = Dumfries and Galloway

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "South of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, part of the North Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfries constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Note: Although Alex Fergusson was elected as a Conservative candidate in 2007, he later became the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament a post which requires the holder to be independent from any political party.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Alex Fergusson
votes = 13,387
percentage = 44.2
change = +6.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alasdair Morgan
votes = 10,054
percentage = 33.2
change = −4.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Stephen Hodgson
votes = 4,935
percentage = 16.3
change = +1.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alastair Cooper
votes = 1,631
percentage = 5.4
change = −0.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sandy Richardson
votes = 311
percentage = 1.0
change = +1.0
Election box majority
votes = 3,333
percentage = 11.0
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 30,318
percentage = 63.4
change = +6.0
Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Conservative Party
loser = Scottish National Party
swing = 5.4 from SNP to Con

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alex Fergusson
votes = 11,332
percentage = 38.2
change = + 8.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alasdair Morgan
votes = 11,233
percentage = 37.9
change = −1.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Norma Harte
votes = 4,299
percentage = 14.5
change = −5.9
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Neil Wallace
votes = 1,847
percentage = 6.2
change = −3.9
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Joy Cherkaoui
votes = 709
percentage = 2.4
change = + 2.3
Election box majority
votes = 99
percentage = 0.3
change =
Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish Conservative Party
loser = Scottish National Party
swing = 4.6 from SNP to Con

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alasdair Morgan
votes = 13,873
percentage = 39.3
change = n/a
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alex Fergusson
votes = 10,672
percentage = 30.2
change = n/a
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Stevens
votes = 7,209
percentage = 20.4
change = n/a
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Joan Mitchell
votes = 3,562
percentage = 10.1
change = n/a
Election box majority
votes = 3,201
percentage = 9.1
change = n/a

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