UK general elections › 2017 › Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale — 2017
David Mundell (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,177 votes— 49.4% of 48,964 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,964
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Mundell | Conservative Party | 24,177 | 49.4% | −0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mairi McAllan | Scottish National Party | 14,736 | 30.1% | — | |
| 3 | Douglas Beattie | Labour Party | 8,102 | 16.5% | — | |
| 4 | John Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 1,949 | 4.0% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.