West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
West Dunbartonshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Scotland |
Major settlements | Alexandria, Balloch, Clydebank, Dalmuir, Drumry, Dumbarton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dumbarton Clydebank & Milngavie |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dunbartonshire Dumbarton Burghs |
Replaced by | Dumbarton[1] |
West Dunbartonshire is a
The current constituency was first used in the 2005 general election. There was also an earlier West Dunbartonshire constituency, from 1950 to 1983.
The current MP is Martin Docherty-Hughes of the Scottish National Party, who was elected at the 2015 general election and was re-elected at the 2017 general election and 2019 general election.
Boundaries
Historic
The historic constituency was created under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 and first used in the 1950 general election.[2]
As created in 1950, the constituency was one of two covering the
West Dunbartonshire covered the Helensburgh, Old Kilpatrick, and Vale of Leven districts of the county and the burghs of
For the 1951 general election the constituency boundaries were adjusted to take account of a change to the boundaries of the Old Kilpatrick district.[2]
The results of the First Periodical Review of the
The results of the Second Periodical Review were implemented for the
February 1974 boundaries were used also for the general elections of October 1974 and 1979.[citation needed]
In 1975, under the
Current
The existing constituency was created as a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the
The area of the constituency was previously divided between the
The Fifth Periodical Review did not affect the boundaries of
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Adam McKinlay | Labour | |
1950 by-election
|
Tom Steele | Labour | |
1970 | Ian Campbell | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished | ||
2005 | constituency recreated | ||
2005 | John McFall | Labour | |
2010 | Gemma Doyle | Labour | |
2015 | Martin Docherty-Hughes | SNP |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Martin Docherty-Hughes | 22,396 | 49.6 | +6.7 | |
Labour
|
Jean Mitchell | 12,843 | 28.5 | -9.2 | |
Conservative
|
Alix Mathieson | 6,436 | 14.3 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Lang | 1,890 | 4.2 | +1.9 | |
Scottish Green
|
Peter Connolly | 867 | 1.9 | New | |
Independent
|
Andrew Muir | 708 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,553 | 21.1 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,140 | 68.0 | +2.9 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Martin Docherty-Hughes[8] | 18,890 | 42.9 | -16.1 | |
Labour
|
Jean Mitchell[9] | 16,602 | 37.7 | +6.4 | |
Conservative
|
Penny Hutton | 7,582 | 17.2 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Plenderleith | 1,009 | 2.3 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 2,288 | 5.2 | -22.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,083 | 65.1 | -8.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Martin Docherty | 30,198 | 59.0 | +38.9 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Gemma Doyle | 16,027 | 31.3 | -30.0 | |
Conservative
|
Maurice Corry | 3,597 | 7.0 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Morton | 816 | 1.6 | -6.5 | |
Independent
|
Claire Muir[13] | 503 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 14,171 | 27.7 | N/A 1 | ||
Turnout | 51,141 | 73.9 | +9.9 | ||
Labour Co-op
|
Swing | +34.5 |
1 Change to majority not meaningful as seat changed hands.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Gemma Doyle | 25,905 | 61.3 | +9.4 | |
SNP | Graeme McCormick | 8,497 | 20.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Watt | 3,434 | 8.1 | −6.3 | |
Conservative
|
Martyn McIntyre | 3,242 | 7.7 | +1.3 | |
UKIP
|
Mitch Sorbie | 683 | 1.6 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Katharine McGavigan | 505 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 17,408 | 41.2 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,266 | 64.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing | +5.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John McFall | 21,600 | 51.9 | -11.6 | |
SNP | Tom Chalmers | 9,047 | 21.8 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Niall Walker | 5,999 | 14.4 | +12.0 | |
Conservative
|
Campbell Murdoch | 2,679 | 6.4 | +1.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 1,708 | 4.1 | -0.9 | |
UKIP
|
Bryan Maher | 354 | 0.9 | New | |
Christian Vote
|
Marlon Dawson | 202 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,553 | 30.1 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,589 | 61.3 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
|
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Campbell | 21,166 | 48.42 | +10.37 | |
Conservative | J Cameron Munro | 14,709 | 33.65 | +10.48 | |
SNP | Stan Stratton | 7,835 | 17.92 | -15.77 | |
Majority | 6,457 | 14.77 | +10.31 | ||
Turnout | 43,710 | 80.19 | +1.92 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Campbell | 15,511 | 38.15 | -1.45 | |
SNP | A. Murray | 13,697 | 33.69 | +6.63 | |
Conservative | R.R. MacDonald | 9,421 | 23.17 | -10.07 | |
Liberal | J.D. Murricane | 2,029 | 4.99 | New | |
Majority | 1,814 | 4.46 | -1.90 | ||
Turnout | 40,640 | 78.27 | -1.30 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Campbell | 16,247 | 39.60 | -11.30 | |
Conservative | Moira Carse | 13,638 | 33.24 | -3.91 | |
SNP | A Murray | 11,144 | 27.16 | +15.18 | |
Majority | 2,609 | 6.36 | -7.41 | ||
Turnout | 41,129 | 79.57 | +1.64 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Campbell | 23,009 | 50.90 | -1.36 | |
Conservative | William Adams | 16,783 | 37.13 | +3.98 | |
SNP | Robert O Campbell | 5,414 | 11.98 | -2.61 | |
Majority | 6,226 | 13.77 | -5.34 | ||
Turnout | 45,206 | 77.93 | -4.02 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.67 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Steele | 21,636 | 52.26 | +1.51 | |
Conservative | William Adams | 13,724 | 33.15 | -4.05 | |
SNP | Robert O Campbell | 6,042 | 14.59 | +2.54 | |
Majority | 7,912 | 19.11 | +5.56 | ||
Turnout | 41,402 | 81.95 | -0.11 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.78 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Steele | 21,079 | 50.75 | -1.79 | |
Conservative | Patrick Tobias Telfer Smollett | 15,448 | 37.20 | -10.26 | |
SNP | Alexander Gray | 5,004 | 12.05 | New | |
Majority | 5,631 | 13.55 | +8.47 | ||
Turnout | 41,531 | 82.06 | -1.61 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.92 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Steele | 22,105 | 52.54 | +0.20 | |
Unionist | Norman Macleod Glen | 19,964 | 47.46 | -0.20 | |
Majority | 2,141 | 5.08 | +0.40 | ||
Turnout | 42,069 | 83.67 | -1.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Steele | 21,854 | 52.34 | +1.06 | |
Unionist | Molly Huggins
|
19,902 | 47.66 | +2.27 | |
Majority | 1,952 | 4.68 | -1.21 | ||
Turnout | 41,756 | 84.84 | -1.72 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Steele | 21,799 | 51.28 | +0.92 | |
Unionist | Patrick Fraser | 19,292 | 45.39 | -4.25 | |
Liberal | Lawrence Lauderdale Maitland | 1,415 | 3.33 | New | |
Majority | 2,507 | 5.89 | +5.17 | ||
Turnout | 42,504 | 86.56 | +1.10 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.08 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Steele | 20,367 | 50.36 | +1.07 | |
Unionist | Robert Allan | 20,074 | 49.64 | +1.83 | |
Majority | 293 | 0.72 | -0.76 | ||
Turnout | 40,441 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam McKinlay | 20,398 | 49.29 | N/A | |
Unionist | Robert Allan | 19,785 | 47.81 | N/A | |
Communist | Finlay Hart | 1,198 | 2.90 | N/A | |
Majority | 613 | 1.48 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,381 | 85.46 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
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- Specific
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