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Dumfriesshire
Scottish Conservative constituency in southern Scotland projected to fall to the SNP in 2026.
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Timeline for Dumfriesshire
#27 Apr
Mentioned in: Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026Background
Dumfriesshire is a predominantly rural constituency in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway region. It has been held by the Scottish Conservatives and is part of the southern Scotland cluster where the party retained seats after 2014.
For 2026, the seat is projected to change hands to the SNP as the Conservatives' Scottish support continues to contract. The constituency's loss would further consolidate SNP dominance across southern rural Scotland, a region the party has targeted systematically since the independence referendum era.
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Welsh Government (Plaid Cymru)
we clearly face an emergency within the NHS in Wales
Russell Findlay (Scottish Conservatives)
I will absolutely not be resigning this weekend.
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru)
It is the greatest privilege of my life to be elected First Minister in a nation that means so much to me.
Wes Streeting
Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift.
Wales Governance Centre
consolidation, not conversion
Local Government Association
are no longer exceptional
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let Reform in