UK Explained

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Represented in Parliament by David Mundell (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

David Mundell, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 387 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £728£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale£7282.7%
South West Wiltshire£7282.7%
Melton and Syston£7242.7%
Cramlington and Killingworth£7282.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
David Mundell

Conservative

MAJORITY
4,242

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

David Mundell won with 34% of the votes, and Kim Marshall (Scottish National Party) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 14,999
Scottish National Party24% · 10,757
Labour23% · 10,140
Reform UK9% · 3,822
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,800
Scottish Green Party3% · 1,488
Everyone else0% · 208
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David MundellConservative14,99933.9%
Kim MarshallScottish National Party10,75724.3%
Daniel ColemanLabour10,14022.9%
David KirkwoodReform UK3,8228.6%
Drummond BeggLiberal Democrat2,8006.3%
Dominic AshmoleScottish Green Party1,4883.4%
Gareth KirkScottish Family Party2080.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£728 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026