Dunfermline and Dollar | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Clackmannanshire and Fife |
Major settlements | Dunfermline, Dollar, Kincardine, Rosyth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dunfermline and West Fife, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath & Ochil and South Perthshire |
Dunfermline and Dollar 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 Fife: [2]
And also in Clackmannanshire:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Scottish Green | Ryan Blackadder [3] | ||||
Labour | Graeme Downie [4] | ||||
Conservative | Thomas Heald [5] | ||||
SNP | Naz Anis Miah [6] | ||||
Scottish Family | Danny Smith [7] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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