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'Galloway and Upper Nithsdale' 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 of 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.

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Electoral region

Constituency boundaries and council area

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Footnotes

See also

Electoral region

:''See also ''South of Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, part of the North Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies^[1].
The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfries constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Alasdair Morgan	Scottish National Party
	2003	Alex Fergusson	Conservative
	2007

'Note:' Although Alex Fergusson was elected as a Conservative candidate in 2007, he later became the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament a post which requires the holder to be independent from any political party.

Election results

Footnotes

1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''

See also