| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
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| Major settlements | Dumfries, Annan, Gretna, Gretna Green, Kirkconnel, Lockerbie, Sanquhar |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of Parliament | David Mundell (Conservative) |
| Created from | Dumfries, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the UK House of Commons, located in the South of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting. It is currently represented in Westminster by the former Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, a Conservative, who has been the MP since 2005.
The seat has a diverse electoral history, with the Dumfriesshire area being a longtime Conservative seat, the Clydesdale area being formerly safe Labour territory, and Tweeddale had been part of Liberal Democrat-voting constituencies since the 1980s. Former Scottish Secretary, David Mundell[1] has held the seat since 2005, and from 2005 to 2017 was the only Conservative MP in Scotland.[2]
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- "Election 2010: Tories fail to make Scots impact as Labour gain seats". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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