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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
76,863 electors
Active Seat

Dumfries and Galloway

Current MP
John Cooper
John Cooper

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
68.4%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2017
Current Party Since
Conservative John Cooper Hold
Majority 930
Turnout 58.3% ↓10.7pp
Total Votes 45,775
Winner Swing ↓14.6pp
✓ John Cooper
Conservative
13,527 29.6%
↓14.3pp
Tracey Little
Scottish National Party
12,597 27.5%
↓13.3pp
James Wallace
Labour
11,767 25.7%
↑16.3pp
Charles Keal
Reform UK
4,313 9.4%
—
Iain McDonald
Liberal Democrats
2,092 4.6%
↓1.4pp
Laura Moodie
—
1,249 2.7%
—
David Griffiths
—
230 0.5%
—
Conservative Alister Jack Hold
Majority 1,805
Turnout 69.0% ↓0.6pp
Total Votes 51,429
Winner Swing ↑0.8pp
✓ Alister Jack
Conservative
22,678 44.1%
↑0.8pp
Richard Arkless
Labour (Co-op)
20,873 40.6%
↑8.2pp
Ted Thompson
Labour
4,745 9.2%
↓11.7pp
McNabb Laurie
Liberal Democrats
3,133 6.1%
↑3.7pp
Conservative Alister Jack Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 5,643
Turnout 69.5% ↓5.7pp
Total Votes 51,599
Winner Swing ↑1.9pp
✓ Alister Jack
Conservative
22,344 43.3%
↑13.4pp
Richard Arkless
Labour (Co-op)
16,701 32.4%
↓9.1pp
Daniel Goodare
Labour
10,775 20.9%
↓3.8pp
Joan Mitchell
Liberal Democrats
1,241 2.4%
↑0.7pp
Yen Hongmei Jin
—
538 1.0%
—
Scottish National Party Richard Arkless Gain from Labour
Majority 6,514
Turnout 75.2% ↑5.3pp
Total Votes 56,602
Winner Swing ↓4.5pp
✓ Richard Arkless
Scottish National Party
23,440 41.4%
↑29.1pp
Finlay Carson
Conservative
16,926 29.9%
↓1.7pp
Russell Brown
Labour
13,982 24.7%
↓21.2pp
Geoff Siddall
—
1,301 2.3%
↑1.0pp
Andrew Metcalf
Liberal Democrats
953 1.7%
↓7.2pp
Labour Russell Brown Hold
Majority 7,449
Turnout 70.0%
Total Votes 52,173
✓ Russell Brown
Labour
23,950 45.9%
↑4.8pp
Peter Duncan
Conservative
16,501 31.6%
↓3.7pp
Andrew Wood
Labour (Co-op)
6,419 12.3%
↑0.2pp
Richard Brodie
Liberal Democrats
4,608 8.8%
↑0.5pp
William Wright
—
695 1.3%
—

Turnout Trend

70.0%
'10
75.2%
'15
69.5%
'17
69.0%
'19
58.3%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
27.1% ▲5.3pp
50 to 64
24.0%
0 to 17
17.3%
35 to 49
15.6%
25 to 34
10.1%
18 to 24
5.9%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.8%
Asian or Asian British
0.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.7%
Other
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
27.1%
45 to 64
24.0%
Under 18
17.3%
18 to 29
16.0%
30 to 44
15.6%
⛪ Religion
No religion
52.4%
Christian
40.0%
Not answered
6.0%
Other religion
0.6%
Muslim
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.7%
Asian or Asian British
0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.9%
65 and over
21.8%
Under 18
19.1%
30 to 44
16.9%
18 to 29
12.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
55.9%
No religion
35.0%
Religion not stated
8.0%
Other religion
0.3%
Muslim
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Richard Arkless Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2017-05-03
Mr Russell Brown Labour 1997-05-01 2015-03-30