Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Galloway
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandDumfries and Galloway
Major settlementsStranraer, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Newton Stewart
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromKirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire
Replaced byGalloway and Upper Nithsdale

Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Gilbert McMicking Coalition Liberal
1922 Cecil Dudgeon Liberal
1924 Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt. Unionist
1925 by-election Sidney Streatfeild Unionist
1929 Cecil Dudgeon Liberal
1931 New Party
1931 John Mackie Unionist
1959 by-election John Brewis Unionist
Oct 1974 George Thompson SNP
1979 Ian Lang Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Galloway[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
C Liberal Gilbert McMicking Unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Galloway[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 12,406 54.0 N/A
Unionist William Watson 10,557 46.0 New
Majority 1,849 8.0 N/A
Turnout 22,963 77.5 N/A
Registered electors 29,645
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Galloway[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1924: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Henniker-Hughan 12,268 53.1 New
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 10,852 46.9 N/A
Majority 1,416 6.2 N/A
Turnout 23,120 76.8 N/A
Registered electors 30,107
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1925 Galloway by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 10,846 43.5 −9.6
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 9,918 39.7 −7.2
Labour J. Mitchell 4,207 16.8 New
Majority 928 3.8 −2.4
Turnout 24,971 83.3 +6.5
Registered electors 29,992
Unionist hold Swing −1.2
General election 1929: Galloway[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Dudgeon 13,461 42.4 −4.5
Unionist Sidney Streatfeild 13,360 42.1 −11.0
Labour Hector McNeil 4,903 15.5 N/A
Majority 101 0.3 N/A
Turnout 31,724 80.1 +3.3
Registered electors 39,621
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Galloway[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Mackie 18,993 58.3 +16.2
Liberal Edward Campbell 9,176 28.2 −14.2
Labour Hector McNeil 3,418 10.5 −5.0
New Party Cecil Dudgeon 986 3.0 New
Majority 9,817 30.1 N/A
Turnout 32,573 80.6
Registered electors 40,312
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +2.1
General election 1935: Galloway[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Mackie Unopposed
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist John Mackie 13,647 40.7 N/A
Labour Robert Hales 11,822 35.3 New
Unionist B Fergusson 8,032 24.0 N/A
Majority 1,825 5.4 N/A
Turnout 33,501 69.9 N/A
Registered electors 47,922
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Mackie 19,136 65.6 +41.6
Labour Alan Thompson 10,056 34.4 −0.8
Majority 9,080 31.1 +19.8
Turnout 29,192 63.0 −6.9
Registered electors 46,338
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist Swing +21.2
General election 1951: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Mackie 16,261 61.6 −3.9
Labour Alan Thompson 6,949 26.3 −8.1
Liberal Robert Johnston 3,174 12.0 N/A
Majority 9,312 35.3 +4.2
Turnout 26,384 75.6 +12.6
Registered electors 34,896
Unionist hold Swing +2.1
General election 1955: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Mackie 15,893 66.9 +5.2
Labour William Gray 7,879 33.1 +6.8
Majority 8,014 33.7 −1.6
Turnout 23,772 69.1 −6.5
Registered electors 34,396
Unionist hold Swing −0.8
1959 Galloway by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Brewis 13,204 49.9 −16.9
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,721 25.4 N/A
Labour W Cross 6,520 24.7 −8.5
Majority 6,483 24.5 −9.2
Turnout 26,445 72.7 +4.4
Registered electors 35,980
Unionist hold Swing −4.2
General election 1959: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Brewis 15,454 56.3 −10.6
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,412 23.4 N/A
Labour James Pickett 5,590 20.4 −12.8
Majority 9,042 32.9 −0.8
Turnout 27,456 75.6 +6.5
Registered electors 36,296
Unionist hold Swing −17.0

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Brewis 14,530 52.7 −3.5
Liberal Simon Mackay 6,619 24.0 +0.7
Labour JP Gordon 6,401 23.2 +2.9
Majority 7,911 28.7 −4.2
Turnout 27,550 73.8 −1.8
Registered electors 37,331
Unionist hold Swing −2.1
General election 1966: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Brewis 15,137 62.0 +9.2
Labour D Douglas 9,283 38.0 +14.8
Majority 5,854 23.98 −4.7
Turnout 24,420 66.6 −7.2
Registered electors 36,683
Conservative hold Swing −2.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Brewis 14,003 50.3 −11.7
SNP Arthur Donaldson 5,723 20.5 New
Labour D Douglas 5,665 20.3 −17.7
Liberal Christopher Scott 2,461 8.8 New
Majority 8,280 29.7 +5.8
Turnout 27,852 72.0 +5.5
Registered electors 38,669
Conservative hold Swing −16.1
General election February 1974: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Brewis 13,316 43.9 −6.4
SNP George Thompson 9,308 30.7 +10.1
Liberal David Hannay 4,643 15.3 +6.5
Labour H Chalmers 3,091 10.2 −10.2
Majority 4,008 13.2 −16.5
Turnout 30,358 77.8 +5.7
Registered electors 39,043
Conservative hold Swing −8.3
General election October 1974: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP George Thompson 12,242 40.3 +9.6
Conservative Kenneth Ross 12,212 40.2 −3.7
Liberal David Hannay 3,181 10.5 +0.2
Labour TG Fulton 2,742 9.0 −6.2
Majority 30 0.1 N/A
Turnout 30,377 77.1 −0.7
Registered electors 39,407
SNP gain from Conservative Swing +6.7
General election 1979: Galloway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Lang 15,306 45.8 +5.6
SNP George Thompson 12,384 37.1 −3.2
Liberal David Hannay 2,852 8.5 −1.9
Labour DD Johnston 2,841 8.5 −0.5
Majority 2,922 8.8 N/A
Turnout 33,333 81.2 +4.1
Registered electors 41,110
Conservative gain from SNP Swing +4.4

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  2. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  3. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  4. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  • Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 421. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
  • Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
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