Dundee Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Dundee Central in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Dundee |
Major settlements | Dundee |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dundee East & Dundee West |
Dundee Central is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency will comprise the following wards of the City of Dundee: [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Daniel Coleman | ||||
Scottish Family | Susan Ettle | ||||
Conservative | Emma Farquhar | ||||
SNP | Chris Law | ||||
Reform UK | Vicky McCann | ||||
Labour | Richard McCready | ||||
TUSC | Jim McFarlane | ||||
Workers Party | Raymond Mennie | ||||
Independent | Niko Omilana | ||||
Alba | Alan Ross | ||||
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