Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Dundee East
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Dundee East shown within the
North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Shona Robison
Party: Scottish National Party
Council area: Dundee City (part)

Dundee East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The Dundee East constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

[edit] Council area

The Holyrood constituency is within the Dundee City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee East and Dundee West are within the city area. The Angus constituency covers north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member Party Took office Left office
    Shona Robison SNP 2003 present
    John McAllion Labour 1999 2003

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dundee East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Shona Robison 13,314 49.6 +10.0
Labour Iain Luke 8,790 32.7 -6.6
Conservative Chris Bustin 2,776 11.1 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 1,789 6.7 +0.7
Majority 4,524 16.8
Rejected Ballots 913
Turnout 28,698 49.9 +2.8
Scottish National Party hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 2003:Dundee East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Shona Robison 10,428 39.58 +5.32
Labour John McAllion 10,338 39.24 -4.04
Conservative Edward Prince 3,133 11.89 -2.09
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 1,584 6.01 -0.79
Independent James Gourlay 865 3.28 +3.28
Majority 90
Turnout 26,348 - 6.43
Scottish National Party gain from Labour Swing 0.34 %


Scottish Parliament election, 1999:Dundee East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McAllion 13,703 43.28
Scottish National Party Shona Robison 10,849 34.26
Conservative Iain Mitchell 4,428 13.98
Liberal Democrats Raymond Lawrie 2,153 6.80
Scottish Socialist Harvey Duke 530 1.67
Majority 2,854 9.02
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also


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