Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumbarton
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Dumbarton in {{{map_entity}}}for the 2001 general election
Major settlements Dumbarton, Helensburgh
1983–2005
Seatsone
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.

Contents

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

ElectionMember [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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Campbell 15,810 36.7 -11.6
Conservative Iain Lawson13,69531.8-2.0
SDP Robert Sawyer9,81322.8New
SNP Ian Bayne3,7688.7-9.1
Majority2,1154.9
Turnout 43,08675.1
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Dumbarton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John McFall 19,778 43.0 +6.3
Conservative Robert Graham14,55631.7−0.1
SDP Richard Mowbray6,06013.2−9.6
SNP Jenny Herriot5,56412.1+3.4
Majority5,22211.3+6.4
Turnout 45,95877.9+2.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +3.2

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Dumbarton. [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John McFall 19,255 43.6 +0.6
Conservative Thomas Begg13,12629.8−1.9
SNP Bill McKechnie8,12718.4+6.3
Liberal Democrats John Morrison3,4257.8−5.4
Natural Law Diana Krass1920.4New
Majority6,12913.8+2.5
Turnout 44,12577.1−0.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.3
General election 1997: Dumbarton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John McFall 20,470 49.6 +6.0
SNP William McKechnie9,58723.2+6.8
Conservative Peter Ramsay7,28317.6−12.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Reid 3,1447.6−0.2
Scottish Socialist Leslie Robertson2830.7New
Referendum George Dempster2550.6New
UKIP Robert Lancaster2420.6New
Majority10,88326.4+12.6
Turnout 41,26473.4−3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Dumbarton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John McFall 16,151 47.5 −2.1
SNP Iain Robertson6,57619.3−3.9
Liberal Democrats Eric Thompson5,26515.5+7.9
Conservative Peter Ramsay4,64813.7−3.9
Scottish Socialist Leslie Robertson1,3544.0+3.3
Majority9,57528.2+1.8
Turnout 33,99461.1−12.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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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.
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