Galloway stays blue

VOTERS in Dumfries and Galloway stayed true blue and voted in Conservative John Cooper as their new MP. He secured 13,527 votes and a 930 majority. Taking to the stage at DG1 just at 10.20 am, Mr Cooper said he was ready to get to work and said: "We have got holes in our teeth and holes in our roads and we want to get these things sorted out. The hard work starts now." Full results: John Cooper, Tory: 13,527 David Griffiths, Heritage: 230 Charles Keal, Reform: 4313 Tracey Little SNP: 12,597 Iain McDonald Lib Dem: 2092 Laura Moodie, Green: 1249 James Wallace, Labour: 11,767