Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1918–1950 constituency, see Dumbarton Burghs (UK Parliament constituency).

Not to be confused with Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dumbarton
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dumbarton in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Major settlements	Dumbarton, Helensburgh
1983–2005
Seats	one
Replaced by	West Dumbartonshire

Dumbarton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of West Dunbartonshire, with Helensburgh joining Argyll and Bute.

The Dumbarton constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries, continues to exist.

Boundaries

It consisted of the towns of Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, and Helensburgh, plus a significant rural hinterland.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1983	Ian Campbell	Labour
	1987	John McFall	Labour Co-operative
2005		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Dumbarton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	15,810	36.7	−11.6
	Conservative	Iain Lawson	13,695	31.8	−2.0
	SDP	Robert Sawyer	9,813	22.8	New
	SNP	Ian Bayne	3,768	8.7	−9.1
Majority			2,115	4.9
Turnout			43,086	75.1
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1987: Dumbarton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John McFall	19,778	43.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Robert Graham	14,556	31.7	−0.1
	SDP	Richard Mowbray	6,060	13.2	−9.6
	SNP	Jenny Herriot	5,564	12.1	+3.4
Majority			5,222	11.3	+6.4
Turnout			45,958	77.9	+2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Dumbarton. ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John McFall	19,255	43.6	+0.6
	Conservative	Thomas Begg	13,126	29.8	−1.9
	SNP	Bill McKechnie	8,127	18.4	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrison	3,425	7.8	−5.4
	Natural Law	Diana Krass	192	0.4	New
Majority			6,129	13.8	+2.5
Turnout			44,125	77.1	−0.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+1.3

General election 1997: Dumbarton ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John McFall	20,470	49.6	+6.0
	SNP	William McKechnie	9,587	23.2	+6.8
	Conservative	Peter Ramsay	7,283	17.6	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	3,144	7.6	−0.2
	Scottish Socialist	Leslie Robertson	283	0.7	New
	Referendum	George Dempster	255	0.6	New
	UKIP	Robert Lancaster	242	0.6	New
Majority			10,883	26.4	+12.6
Turnout			41,264	73.4	−3.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Dumbarton ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John McFall	16,151	47.5	−2.1
	SNP	Iain Robertson	6,576	19.3	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Thompson	5,265	15.5	+7.9
	Conservative	Peter Ramsay	4,648	13.7	−3.9
	Scottish Socialist	Leslie Robertson	1,354	4.0	+3.3
Majority			9,575	28.2	+1.8
Turnout			33,994	61.1	−12.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

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.