Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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UK Parliament constituency

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) canonical	1
Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament)	1

Statements (47)

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

Referenced by (2)

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

Stranraer → parliamentaryConstituency → Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

subject surface form: Whithorn

this entity surface form: Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament)