Riding profile

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Editorial read

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 30% vote share, against 20% for the SNP, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

David Mundell

Sits with Conservative

Since
2005-05-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 30.2%
  • SNP 19.9%
  • Reform UK 19.4%
  • Labour 10.6%
  • Lib Dems 9.6%
  • Green 7.5%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative SNP Reform UK Labour
HereDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 30.2%19.9%19.4%10.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +11.3 2.5% +17.4 25.3% −5.9 21.7% −11.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
9.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David Mundell Elected Conservative 14,999 33.9
Kim Marshall SNP 10,757 24.3
Daniel Coleman Labour 10,140 22.9
David Kirkwood Reform UK 3,822 8.6
Drummond Begg Lib Dems 2,800 6.3
Dominic Ashmole Green 1,488 3.4
Gareth Kirk Other 208 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
81.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029