Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Ian Lang | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 1997 | Alasdair Morgan | SNP |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2001 | Peter Duncan | Conservative |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 74 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 35,914 | 67.4 | −12.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | ||||