Dunfermline West (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Dunfermline West (Scottish Parliament constituency).
| Dunfermline West | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Dunfermline |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Dunfermline & West Fife |
| Created from | Dunfermline |
Dunfermline West was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Before 1983 the area was covered by the Dunfermline constituency and from 2005 the seat was replaced by the new Dunfermline and West Fife.
Boundaries
The seat of Dunfermline West contained all of the town of Dunfermline as well as territory on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. It took in the affluent villages of Limekilns, Crossford and Cairneyhill; it also included coalfield communities such as High Valleyfield, Saline, Blairhill and Oakley.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Dick Douglas | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1990 | Independent | ||
| 1990 | SNP | ||
| 1992 | Rachel Squire | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections of the 2000s
| General Election 2001: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 16,370 | 52.8 | −0.3 | |
| SNP | Brian John Goodall | 5,390 | 17.4 | −1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Russel McPhate | 4,832 | 15.6 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | James Alexander Mackie | 3,166 | 10.2 | −2.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mrs. Catherine Stewart | 746 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Alastair Douglas Harper | 471 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,980 | 35.4 | |||
| Turnout | 30,975 | 57.1 | −12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 SNP to Labour | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 19338 | 53.1 | +11.6 | |
| SNP | John Lloyd | 6,984 | 19.2 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Elizabeth B.A. Harris | 4,963 | 13.6 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Kevin A. Newton | 4,606 | 12.6 | −10.4 | |
| Referendum Party | James Bain | 543 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,354 | 33.9 | |||
| Turnout | 36,434 | 69.3 | −7.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 16,374 | 42.0 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Michael D.A. Scott-Hayward | 8,890 | 22.8 | −0.3 | |
| SNP | Jay Smith | 7,563 | 19.4 | +10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce Anderson Harris | 6,122 | 15.7 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 7,484 | 19.3 | |||
| Turnout | 38,949 | 76.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Dick Douglas | 18,493 | 47.1 | +11.1 | |
| Conservative | Phil Gallie | 9,091 | 23.1 | −6.1 | |
| Social Democratic | Frank Arnold Moyes | 8,288 | 21.1 | −5.0 | |
| SNP | Gordon John Hughes | 3,435 | 8.7 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 9,402 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 39,307 | 76.9 | +3.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Dick Douglas | 12,998 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dr. P.S. Davidson | 10,524 | 29.2 | N/A | |
| Social Democratic | Frank Arnold Moyes | 9,434 | 26.1 | N/A | |
| SNP | Jim Fairlie | 2,798 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Green | S.J. Dobson | 321 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,474 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,075 | 73.5 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||