Biography
Richard Arkless is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Scottish National Party MP for Dumfries and Galloway, and left the Commons on 3 May 2017.
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Parliamentary terms
MP — 7 May 2015 to 3 May 2017
Election history
2019 General Election — 20,873 votes (40.6%)
2017 General Election — 16,701 votes (32.4%)
2015 General Election — 23,440 votes (41.4%)
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About this data
Position data is derived from parliamentary sources including Hansard, parliamentary voting records, and parliamentary questions. We distinguish between explicit votes, inferred positions, and party-derived assumptions. Read our full methodology.