Dunfermline East (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Dunfermline East | ||
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Former burgh Council area Fife | |
Dunfermline East was a
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, parts of the Dunfermline East constituency were merged with the old Dunfermline West seat to form a single Dunfermline constituency, while a new constituency of Cowdenbeath was created from the remaining area.
Electoral region
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
The Holyrood constituency of Dunfermline East was one of five Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies covering the
Dunfermline East covered a south-western portion of the council area, with Dunfermline West to the west, Fife Central to the northeast and Kirkcaldy to the east.
Constituency profile
The constituency contains no part of the town of
Cowdenbeath is the largest town in the constituency, and most of the constituency area was once part of the Fife coalfield, on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. The region has economic troubles, and the closure of the Rosyth naval base and the troubles at the naval dockyard have not helped.
Statistically, this was one of
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Helen Eadie | Labour
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2011 | Constituency abolished; see Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour
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Helen Eadie | 10,995 | 44.8 | -5.1 | |
SNP | Ewan Dow | 7,002 | 28.5 | +10.1 | |
Conservative
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Graeme Brown | 3,718 | 15.1 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Utting | 2,853 | 11.6 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 3,993 | 16.3 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,568 | 48.1 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold
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Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour
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Helen Eadie | 11,552 | 49.9 | -6.0 | |
SNP | Janet Law | 4,262 | 18.4 | -8.2 | |
Conservative
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Stuart Randall | 2,485 | 10.7 | +0.8 | |
Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services | Brian Walker Stewart | 1,890 | 8.2 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Linda Graham | 1,537 | 6.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodger Spillane | 1,428 | 6.2 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 7,290 | 31.5 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,154 | 45.2 | |||
Labour hold
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Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour
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Helen Eadie | 16,574 | 55.89 | N/A | |
SNP | David McCarthy | 7,877 | 26.56 | N/A | |
Conservative
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Carrie Ruxton | 2,931 | 9.88 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Fred Lawson | 2,276 | 7.67 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,697 | 29.33 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,658 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat)
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Footnotes
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine