Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale was created as a
constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom for the
general election of 2005. It replaced parts of
Clydesdale,
Dumfriesshire and
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the eastern part of
Dumfries and Galloway (the old county of
Dumfriesshire minus the town of
Dumfries itself), the south of
South Lanarkshire (the
Clydesdale area), and the north west of the
Scottish Borders (the
Tweeddale area). It is predominantly rural.
Members of Parliament
Elections
See also
| UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
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| Labour
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Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire
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| Liberal Democrat
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Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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| SNP
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Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
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| Conservative and Unionist
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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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| Speaker
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Glasgow North East
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| Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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