Dumfriesshire was a

county constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...

represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain (at

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) from 1708 to 1801 and in the

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of the

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(also at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the

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and replaced the former

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shire constituency of Dumfries & Annandale.

History

The constituency was virtually unchanged until it was redistributed in 2005. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Ki ...

as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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system.

Boundaries

From 1885 to 1918 it comprised the shire districts of the county. From 1918 all the burghs were added.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1708–1832

MPs 1832–2005

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

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Douglas was appointed

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, requiring a by-election. Douglas succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Marquess of Queensberry and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Waterlow was disqualified, owing to holding a government contract at the time of the election, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Liberal: *Unionist: William T. ShawNewcastle Journal 20 February 1914

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumfriesshire (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Politics of Dumfries and Galloway Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005