Dunfermline West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dunfermline West
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
DunfermlineWest1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Dunfermline West in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Major settlements Dunfermline
1983–2005
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Dunfermline & West Fife
Created from Dunfermline

Dunfermline West was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

Before 1983 the area was covered by the Dunfermline constituency and from 2005 the seat was replaced by the new Dunfermline and West Fife.

Boundaries

The seat of Dunfermline West contained all of the town of Dunfermline as well as territory on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. It took in the affluent villages of Limekilns, Crossford and Cairneyhill; it also included coalfield communities such as High Valleyfield, Saline, Blairhill and Oakley.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1983 Dick Douglas Labour Co-operative
1990 Independent
1990 SNP
1992 Rachel Squire Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Dunfermline West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dick Douglas 12,998 36.0 -8.8
Conservative Peter Davidson10,52429.2+0.6
SDP Frank Moyes9,43426.1+14.5
SNP Jim Fairlie 2,7987.8-7.2
Ecology Stuart Dobson3210.9New
Majority2,4746.8-9.4
Turnout 49,07573.5
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Dunfermline West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dick Douglas 18,493 47.1 +11.1
Conservative Phil Gallie 9,09123.1−6.1
SDP Frank Moyes8,28821.1−5.0
SNP Gordon Hughes3,4358.7+0.9
Majority9,40224.0+17.2
Turnout 39,30776.9+3.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Dunfermline West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Squire 16,374 42.0 −5.1
Conservative Michael D.A. Scott-Hayward8,89022.8−0.3
SNP Jay Smith7,56319.4+10.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Harris6,12215.7−5.4
Majority7,48419.2-4.8
Turnout 38,94976.4−0.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Dunfermline West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Squire 19,338 53.1 +11.6
SNP John Lloyd6,98419.2−0.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Harris4,96313.6−2.0
Conservative Kevin Newton4,60612.6−10.4
Referendum James Bain5431.5New
Majority12,35433.9+20.7
Turnout 36,43469.3−7.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Dunfermline West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Squire 16,370 52.8 −0.3
SNP Brian Goodall5,39017.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats Russel McPhate4,83215.6+2.0
Conservative James Mackie3,16610.2−2.4
Scottish Socialist Catherine Stewart7462.4New
UKIP Alastair Harper4711.5New
Majority10,98035.4+1.5
Turnout 30,97557.1−12.2
Labour hold Swing 0.8 SNP to Labour

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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