Riding profile

Dumfries and Galloway

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Dumfries and Galloway: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Dumfries and Galloway, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 26% vote share, against 22% for the SNP, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

John Cooper

Sits with Conservative

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.0
P(close race)
93%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 25.8%
  • SNP 21.8%
  • Reform UK 17.4%
  • Labour 15.9%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Lib Dems 6.7%
  • Other 3.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative SNP Reform UK Labour
HereDumfries and Galloway 25.8%21.8%17.4%15.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +6.9 2.5% +19.2 25.3% −7.9 21.7% −5.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
2.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Cooper Elected Conservative 13,527 29.6
Tracey Little SNP 12,597 27.5
James Wallace Labour 11,767 25.7
Charles Keal Reform UK 4,313 9.4
Iain McDonald Lib Dems 2,092 4.6
Laura Moodie Green 1,249 2.7
David Griffiths Other 230 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
78.0%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029