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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
#2 7 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.
How the World Sees Them
Rhun ap Iorwerth / Welsh Government (Plaid Cymru)
the outcomes it delivers
Michael Marra / Scottish Labour
Scots know what we are against. They can't tell you what we are for.
Andy Burnham / Labour Party
contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard
Reform UK
fully cooperate with the investigation
Steff Aquarone / Liberal Democrats (North Norfolk)
made to waste £600,000
Stephen Atkinson / Lancashire County Council (Reform UK)
the opportunity to challenge the July decision
Jim McMahon / Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
following updated legal advice
Democratic Unionist Party
goaded
Rupert Lowe / Restore Britain
Reform-sponsored media circus