# Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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.
The constituency was notable in being the only seat in all of Scotland won by the Conservative Party at the 2001 general election, and was one of the very few seats that changed hands in that election.

## Boundaries

1983–1997: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Kirkconnel, Mabie, Mid Nithsdale, and Sanquhar and Queensberry.
1997–2005: Stewartry District, Wigtown District, and the Nithsdale District electoral divisions of Queensberry, Upper Nithsdale, and West Nithsdale.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1983 | Ian Lang | Conservative |
| | 1997 | Alasdair Morgan | SNP |
| | 2001 | Peter Duncan | Conservative |
| 2005 | 2005 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Lang | 17,579 | 44.7 | −1.0 |
| | SNP | George Thompson | 12,118 | 30.8 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal | Gerald Douglas | 5,129 | 13.0 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Miller | 4,464 | 11.4 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,461 | 13.9 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,290 | 75.8 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1987: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Lang | 16,592 | 40.4 | −4.3 |
| | SNP | Stephen Norris | 12,919 | 31.5 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | John McKercher | 6,001 | 14.6 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | James Gray | 5,298 | 12.9 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Dan Kenny | 230 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,673 | 8.9 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,040 | 76.8 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Lang | 18,681 | 42.0 | +1.6 |
| | SNP | Matt Brown | 16,213 | 36.5 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | John Dowson | 5,766 | 13.0 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John McKerchar | 3,826 | 8.6 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,468 | 5.5 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,486 | 81.7 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1997: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Alasdair Morgan | 18,449 | 43.9 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Lang | 12,825 | 30.5 | −11.5 |
| | Labour | Katy Clark | 6,861 | 16.3 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John McKerchar | 2,700 | 6.4 | −2.2 |
| | Independent | Robert Wood | 566 | 1.4 | New |
| | Referendum | Alan Kennedy | 428 | 1.0 | New |
| | UKIP | Joseph Smith | 189 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,624 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,018 | 79.7 | −2.0 |
| | SNP gain from Conservative | SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Galloway and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | 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 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,914 | 67.4 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative gain from SNP | Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | | |