Dundee West | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Angus/Dundee City |
Major settlements | Dundee |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Law (SNP) |
Created from | Dundee |
Dundee West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the two-seat Dundee constituency was split into two single seat constituencies: Dundee East and Dundee West.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes, gaining further parts of the Dundee City council area. As a consequence, it will be renamed Dundee Central, to be first contested at the next general election. [1]
1950–1974: The County of the City of Dundee wards numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
1974–1983: The County of the City of Dundee wards of Balgay, Camperdown, Downfield, Law, Lochee, and Riverside. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
1983–1997: The City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Ardler/Blackside, Central/Riverside, Downfield/St Mary's, Dudhope/Logie, Gourdie/Pitalpin, Law/Ancrum, Lochee, Menziehill/Ninewells, Rockwell/Fairmuir, and Trottick/Gillburn.
1997–2005: The City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Central, Charleston, Kingsway West, Kirkton, Law, Lochee, Ninewells, Riverside, and St Mary's.
2005–present: The part of the Dundee City council area other than the Dundee East Burgh Constituency and the Angus Council ward of Sidlaw West.
The constituency is one of two covering the Dundee City council area, the other being Dundee East. Current boundaries were first used in the 2005 general election.
As well as covering a western portion of the city area, the West constituency also includes, to the north and west, part of the Angus council area. Similarly, the east constituency includes, to the north and east, another part of the Angus council area.
Prior to the 2005 election, both constituencies were entirely within the city area, and the north-eastern and north-western areas of the city were within the Angus constituency. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the older boundaries.
Dundee West was held by the Labour Party from the first time it was contested in 1950 until the 2015 general election. Initially it was more marginal than its neighbour Dundee East. Additionally the Labour candidate always polled more than 50% of the votes cast in these contests. However, in 1959 Labour's majority over Conservative candidate was only 714 votes. This majority greatly increased at the 1963 by-election and by 1970, Labour's majority and share of the vote in Dundee West was better than the same figures in Dundee East. [2]
Labour's majority was reduced in 2005 by the SNP candidate Joe Fitzpatrick despite changes to the boundaries which should have favoured Labour; suggesting that the constituency might be becoming more marginal, although the gap widened again in 2010. The current MP is Chris Law, who was the first-ever MP from the Scottish National Party elected for Dundee West; as part of the party's near-clean sweep of the majority of Scottish seats at that year's general election.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1950 | John Strachey | Labour | |
1963 by-election | Peter Doig | ||
1979 | Ernie Ross | ||
2005 | Jim McGovern | ||
2015 | Chris Law | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Law | 22,355 | 53.8 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Jim Malone | 10,096 | 24.3 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | Tess White | 5,149 | 12.4 | -3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Coleman | 2,468 | 5.9 | +2.8 | |
Brexit Party | Stuart Waiton | 1,271 | 3.1 | New | |
CPA | Quinta Arrey | 240 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 12,259 | 29.5 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,579 | 64.5 | +2.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Law [10] | 18,045 | 46.7 | -15.2 | |
Labour | Alan Cowan | 12,783 | 33.1 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Darren Cormack | 6,257 | 16.2 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Blain | 1,189 | 3.1 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Sean Dobson | 403 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 5,262 | 13.6 | -24.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,677 | 61.7 | -6.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Law | 27,684 | 61.9 | +33.0 | |
Labour | Michael Marra | 10,592 | 23.7 | −24.8 | |
Conservative | Nicola Ross | 3,852 | 8.6 | −0.7 | |
Scottish Green | Pauline Hinchion [13] | 1,225 | 2.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Coleman [14] | 1,057 | 2.4 | −9.0 | |
TUSC | Jim McFarlane [15] | 304 | 0.7 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 17,092 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,714 | 67.8 | +8.9 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +28.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim McGovern | 17,994 | 48.5 | +3.9 | |
SNP | Jim Barrie | 10,716 | 28.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Barnett | 4,233 | 11.4 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Colin Stewart | 3,461 | 9.3 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Andy McBride | 365 | 1.0 | New | |
TUSC | Jim McFarlane | 357 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,278 | 19.6 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,126 | 58.9 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim McGovern | 16,468 | 44.6 | -5.7 | |
SNP | Joe Fitzpatrick | 11,089 | 30.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nykoma Garry | 5,323 | 14.4 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher McKinlay | 3,062 | 8.3 | -0.6 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jim McFarlane | 994 | 2.7 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 5,379 | 14.6 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,936 | 56.1 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 14,787 | 50.6 | −3.2 | |
SNP | Gordon Archer | 7,987 | 27.3 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Hail | 2,656 | 9.1 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dick | 2,620 | 9.0 | +1.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jim McFarlane | 1,192 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,800 | 23.3 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,242 | 54.4 | −13.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 20,875 | 53.8 | +4.8 | |
SNP | John Dorward | 9,016 | 23.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Neil Powrie | 5,015 | 13.2 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dick | 2,972 | 7.7 | +0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mary Ward | 428 | 1.1 | New | |
Referendum | John MacMillan | 411 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,859 | 30.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,717 | 67.7 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 20,498 | 49.0 | −4.4 | |
SNP | Keith Brown | 9,894 | 23.6 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew Spearman | 7,746 | 18.5 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dick | 3,132 | 7.5 | −5.2 | |
Scottish Green | Elly Hood | 432 | 1.0 | New | |
Natural Law | Donald Arnold | 159 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,604 | 25.4 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,861 | 69.8 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 24,916 | 53.4 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | John Donnelly | 8,390 | 18.0 | -3.7 | |
SNP | Alasdair Morgan | 7,164 | 15.3 | -1.8 | |
SDP | Rosemary Lonie | 5,922 | 12.7 | -4.4 | |
Communist | Stephen Matthewson | 308 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 16,526 | 35.4 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,700 | 75.4 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 20,288 | 43.5 | -12.8 | |
Conservative | David Senior | 10,138 | 21.7 | -8.9 | |
SDP | Elizabeth Dick | 7,976 | 17.1 | New | |
SNP | James Lynch | 7,973 | 17.1 | +4.7 | |
Ecology | Patrick Marks | 302 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,150 | 21.8 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,677 | 74.4 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ernie Ross | 23,654 | 47.25 | +6.24 | |
SNP | Jim Fairlie | 13,197 | 26.36 | -8.75 | |
Conservative | I. Stevenson | 12,892 | 25.75 | +7.29 | |
Communist | Raymond Mennie | 316 | 0.63 | -0.17 | |
Majority | 10,457 | 20.79 | +14.89 | ||
Turnout | 50,059 | 78.41 | +4.09 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doig | 19,480 | 41.01 | -2.02 | |
SNP | Jim Fairlie | 16,678 | 35.11 | +9.98 | |
Conservative | C.G. Findlay | 8,769 | 18.46 | -12.07 | |
Liberal | R. Hewett | 2,195 | 4.62 | New | |
Communist | H. McLevy | 381 | 0.80 | -0.51 | |
Majority | 2,802 | 5.90 | -7.40 | ||
Turnout | 47,503 | 74.32 | -6.94 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doig | 22,193 | 43.03 | -8.51 | |
Conservative | M. Tomison | 15,745 | 30.53 | -7.43 | |
SNP | Jim Fairlie | 12,959 | 25.13 | +16.42 | |
Communist | H. McLevy | 673 | 1.31 | -0.28 | |
Majority | 6,448 | 12.50 | -0.88 | ||
Turnout | 51,570 | 81.26 | +5.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doig | 26,271 | 51.54 | ||
Conservative | J.A. Payne | 19,449 | 38.16 | ||
SNP | J.A. Shepherd | 4,441 | 8.71 | New | |
Communist | H. McLevy | 809 | 1.59 | ||
Majority | 6,822 | 13.38 | |||
Turnout | 50,940 | 76.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doig | 26,705 | 53.71 | +0.37 | |
Conservative | C. A. MacNab | 18,345 | 36.90 | -7.65 | |
Liberal | J. W. Cruddas | 3,454 | 6.95 | New | |
Communist | David Bowman | 1,217 | 2.45 | +0.03 | |
Majority | 8,360 | 16.81 | +7.72 | ||
Turnout | 49,721 | 79.90 | -1.60 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Doig | 27,090 | 53.3 | +3.7 | |
National Liberal | Henry Campbell Scarlett | 22,473 | 44.2 | -3.9 | |
Communist | David Bowman | 1,228 | 2.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,617 | 9.1 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,791 | 81.5 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doig | 22,449 | 50.6 | +1.0 | |
National Liberal | Robert Taylor | 17,494 | 39.4 | -8.9 | |
SNP | James C. Lees | 3,285 | 7.4 | New | |
Communist | David P. Bowman | 1,170 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 4,955 | 11.2 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,398 | 71.6 | -11.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Strachey | 25,857 | 49.6 | -0.9 | |
Unionist | Robert R. Taylor | 25,143 | 48.3 | +1.4 | |
Communist | David P. Bowman | 1,087 | 2.1 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 714 | 1.3 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,087 | 82.9 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Strachey | 26,082 | 50.52 | -1.08 | |
National Liberal | Gordon HM Pirie | 24,208 | 46.89 | New | |
Communist | David P. Bowman | 1,335 | 2.59 | -0.09 | |
Majority | 1,874 | 3.63 | -3.25 | ||
Turnout | 51,625 | 82.70 | -4.10 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Strachey | 29,020 | 51.60 | -1.90 | |
Liberal | John Junor | 25,714 | 45.72 | +43.87 | |
Communist | David P. Bowman | 1,508 | 2.68 | New | |
Majority | 3,306 | 5.88 | -2.98 | ||
Turnout | 56,242 | 86.80 | -1.28 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Strachey | 28,386 | 53.50 | N/A | |
National Liberal | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn | 23,685 | 44.64 | N/A | |
Liberal | Colin James Canning | 986 | 1.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,701 | 8.86 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,057 | 88.08 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
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