Dundee Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Dundee Central
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Dundee Central in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Dundee
Major settlements	Dundee
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Chris Law (SNP)
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 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Chris Law of the Scottish National Party, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Dundee West from 2015 to 2024.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the City of Dundee:

• Strathmartine, Lochee, West End, Coldside, Maryfield and East End (except the Douglas and Angus area). ^{[2] [3]}

It covers the whole of the abolished Dundee West constituency, except the small part in Angus Council, together with western parts of the of the former Dundee East constituency, which has largely been replaced by Arbroath and Broughty Ferry. ^[4]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dundee Central ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Chris Law	15,544	40.0	−16.5
	Labour	Richard McCready	14,869	38.3	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Coleman	2,402	6.2	+0.7
	Reform UK	Vicky McCann	2,363	6.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Emma Farquhar	1,569	4.0	−7.1
	Alba	Alan Ross	813	2.1	N/A
	TUSC	Jim McFarlane	600	1.5	N/A
	Scottish Family	Susan Ettle	357	0.9	N/A
	Workers Party	Raymond Mennie	192	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Niko Omilana	139	0.4	N/A
Majority			675	1.7
Turnout			39,001	52.5
	SNP hold		Swing

References

1. "28 June 2023 – 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
2. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
4. "New Seat Details – Dundee Central". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
5. "Dundee Central results". BBC News.
6. "Election Results; Constituency: Dundee Central". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

External links

• Dundee Central UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK