Dundee Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Dundee |
Major settlements | Dundee |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dundee East & Dundee West |
Dundee Central is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency will comprise the following wards of the City of Dundee: [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Law [3] | ||||
Alba | Alan Ross [4] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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