Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfries and Galloway
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Richard Arkless (SNP)
Created from	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and Dumfries
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Coordinates: 55°04′08″N 3°36′29″W / 55.069°N 3.608°W / 55.069; -3.608

Dumfries and Galloway is a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was first used in the 2005 general election, and replaced Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfries. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.