Dunfermline West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dunfermline West
Former burgh Council area		Fife

Dunfermline West was a

method of election. From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, parts of the Dunfermline East constituency were merged with Dunfermline West to form a single Dunfermline constituency.

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 West was one of five Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies covering the

. All were entirely within the council area.

Dunfermline West covered a south-western portion of the council area, west of Dunfermline East.

Description of the constituency

The constituency included all of the town of Dunfermline and some land on the north bank of the Firth of Forth.

Historically, the town was once Scotland's capital city. Eight kings are buried there, amongst them Robert the Bruce. Today, textiles, engineering and synthetic material manufacturing are the primary industries. The constituency also contains rural areas.

Like its neighbour, Dunfermline East, the constituency was one of

won the equivalent Westminster seat, and they proceeded to win the Holyrood seat in 2007 as well, calling into question Labour's future as a dominant party in the area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Scott Barrie	Labour
	2007	Jim Tolson	Liberal Democrats
	2011	Constituency abolished; see Dunfermline

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Tolson	9,952	33.7	+19.3
	Labour	Scott Barrie	9,476	32.1	-2.2
	SNP	Len Woods	7,296	24.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Peter Lyburn	2,363	8.0	+0.6
	Scottish Voice	Susan Archibald	238	1.5	New
Majority			476	1.6	N/A
Turnout			29,252	51.8	+5.0
	Labour		Swing	+10.8

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Barrie	8,644	34.3	-9.9
	Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services	David Wishart	4,584	18.2	New
	SNP	Brian Goodall	4,372	17.4	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Tolson	3,636	14.4	-3.8
	Conservative	Jim Mackie	1,868	7.4	-2.3
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Jackson	923	3.7	New
	Independent	Alastair Harper	714	2.8	New
	Independent	Damien Quigg	459	1.8	New
Majority			4,080	16.1	-0.2
Turnout			25,240	46.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Barrie	13,560	44.21	N/A
	SNP	Douglas Chapman	8,539	27.84	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Harris	5,591	18.23	N/A
	Conservative	James Mackie	2,981	9.72	N/A
Majority			5,021	16.37	N/A
Turnout			30,671		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

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