Analysis
The seat of Galloway and West Dumfries has been in Conservative hands since it was created for the 2011 election
Winner in 2016: Finlay Carson (Conservative)
THERE can’t have been many greater frustrations for the SNP in recent years than the continued Tory dominance at constituency level of the most south-westerly part of Scotland.
The seat of Galloway and West Dumfries has been in Conservative hands since it was created for the 2011 election, and the predecessor seat of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was Tory for the last eight years of its existence after Alex Fergusson unexpectedly gained it from the SNP in 2003 – although he technically gave up his party affiliation during four years as presiding officer.