Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumfries and Galloway is a UK parliamentary constituency in south-west Scotland, covering a largely rural area that includes several towns and coastal communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
abbreviation Dumfries & Galloway (constituency) ⓘ
borderedBy Ayrshire constituencies ⓘ
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Scottish-English border (Solway Firth area) ⓘ
containsArea Wigtownshire ⓘ
part of Dumfriesshire ⓘ
containsTown Annan ⓘ
Dumfries ⓘ
Gretna ⓘ
Lockerbie ⓘ
Newton Stewart ⓘ
Stranraer ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 2005 ⓘ
createdFrom Dumfries (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
creationEvent Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType county constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLocalAuthority Dumfries and Galloway Council ⓘ
hasBoundaryType Westminster constituency boundaries for Scotland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic includes coastal communities ⓘ
includes several towns ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn North Channel ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includesCoastalCommunities yes ⓘ
includesRuralAreas yes ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Dumfries and Galloway (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway (council area) ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway (council area) ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
south-west Scotland ⓘ
linked to: southwest Scotland
mainSettlement Dumfries ⓘ
mapsTo part of Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm elected MP sits in the House of Commons ⓘ
partOf Scottish constituencies of the House of Commons ⓘ
previousConstituency Dumfries (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
regionType largely rural area ⓘ
replaced Dumfries (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
representationBegan 2005 general election ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stranraer → parliamentaryConstituency → Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Whithorn → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament) ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) → createdFrom → Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) → abbreviation → Dumfries & Galloway (constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
Newton Stewart → locatedInConstituency → Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: NEWTON STEWART