Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Galloway and West Dumfries | |
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| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Galloway and West Dumfries shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Conservative |
| MSP | Finlay Carson |
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Created from |
Dumfries, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale |
Galloway and West Dumfries is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Created in 2011, it comprises areas that were previously part of the old Dumfries and Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituencies, which were abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
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