Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1708-1832

Year		Member
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1708	Lord Johnston
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1709	William Grierson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1711	James Murray
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1713	Sir William Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1722	Charles Erskine
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1741	Sir John Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1747	Lord Charles Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1755	James Veitch
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1761	Archibald Douglas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1774	Sir Robert Laurie
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1804	Sir William Johnstone Hope
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1830	John James Hope Johnstone
1832		Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded

MPs 1832-2005

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1832	John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1847	Viscount Drumlanrig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Feb 1857	John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1865	George Gustavus Walker	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1868	Sydney Waterlow	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Mar. 1869	George Gustavus Walker	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1874	John James Hope Johnstone
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1880	Sir Robert Jardine	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	1886	Sir Robert Jardine	Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1892	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1895	Robinson Souttar	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1900	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1906	Percy Molteno	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	William Murray	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1922	William Allan Chapple	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1924	John Charteris	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1929	Dr Joseph Hunter ¹	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	Dr Joseph Hunter ¹	National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1935 by-election	Sir Henry Fildes	National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	Niall Macpherson	National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1963 by-election	David Colville Anderson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1964	Sir Hector Monro	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Russell Brown	Labour
2005		constituency abolished

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 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 Democrats	John Ross Scott	4,955	11.6	+0.6
	SNP	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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election OCt 1974: Dumfriesshire ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector Monro	18,386
	Labour	John Wheatley	12,558
	SNP	L.A.B. Whitley	12,542
	Liberal	A. Sinclair	3,961
Majority			5,828
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Dumfriesshire ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Liberal Party (UK)	Rt Hon Niall Macpherson	25,867
	Labour	G.C. Moodie	18,437
Majority			7,430
	National Liberal Party (UK) hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election November 1935: Dumfriesshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal Party (UK)	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 Party (UK) hold		Swing	+5.1

Dumfriesshire by-election, September 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal Party (UK)	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 Party (UK) hold		Swing	−17.4

General Election 1931: Dumfriesshire^[4]
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 Party (UK) hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1924: Dumfriesshire ^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Brig-Gen John Charteris	12,718
Liberal	William Allan Chapple	8,472
Labour	Mrs A. Dollan	6,342

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Dumfriesshire ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Maj William Murray	13,345
	Liberal	Rt Hon John Gulland	7,562

General Election Dec 1910: Dumfriesshire ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Molteno	4,708
	Conservative	William Murray	4,146

General Election Jan 1910: Dumfriesshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Molteno	4,666
	Conservative	William Murray	4,091

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Dumfriesshire ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Molteno	4,814
	Conservative	J.H. Balfour-Browne	3,431

General Election 1900: Dumfriesshire ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4,124
	Liberal	Robinson Souttar	3,675

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Dumfriesshire ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robinson Souttar	3,989
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	3,976

General Election 1892: Dumfriesshire ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4,123
	Liberal	Thomas McKie	3,849

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Dumfriesshire ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Robert Jardine	4,106
	Liberal	Thomas McKie	3,252

General Election 1885: Dumfriesshire ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Jardine	4,857
	Conservative	Walter Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	3,566

References

^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1963
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
Historical list of MPs: D

[1] Whitaker's Almanack, 1977

[2] Whitaker's Almanack, 1963

[3] Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

[4] Whitaker's Almanack, 1934

[5] Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927

[6] Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

[7] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

[8] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

[9] Whitaker's Almanack, 1907

[10] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901

[11] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901

[12] Whitaker's Almanack, 1893

[13] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

[14] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889

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