An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Dumfries and Galloway, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative gain from SNP by Alister Jack with a majority of 5,643 - 10.9% - on a turnout of 69.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
JACK, Alister | Con | 22,344 | 43.3% | 13.4% |
ARKLESS, Richard | SNP | 16,701 | 32.4% | -9.0% |
GOODARE, Daniel | Lab | 10,775 | 20.9% | -3.8% |
MITCHELL, Joan | LD | 1,241 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
HONGMEI JIN, Yen | Ind | 538 | 1.0% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 74,206, having a valid vote count of 51,599 and an invalid vote count of 45.
Result declared at 05:36 on 9 June 2017.