Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Dumfries. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Dumfries O41area
Dumfries Burgh
Dumfries DoC
Dumfries LabMkt
Dumfries Second DoC
Dumfries First DoC
Dumfries ScoP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Dumfries.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Dumfries; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Dumfries will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Dumfries:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Dumfries ScoP
Dumfries Burgh
Dumfries and Galloway District
Dumfries O41area
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty
Scotland GovOf
Great Britain Dep
Scotland Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Dumfries.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Dumfries DistBCon	1832	1917
Dumfriesshire PCon	1918	1948
Dumfries CCon	1949	2004
Dumfries and Galloway CCon	2005	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Dumfries. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.