Dumfries and Galloway | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Dumfries, Stranraer |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | John Cooper (Conservative) |
Created from | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and Dumfries |
Dumfries and Galloway is a constituency in Scotland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by John Cooper of the Scottish Conservatives since the 2024 general election. It was first contested in the 2005 general election, replacing Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfries. Like all British constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Despite its name, it does not cover the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway council area.