Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency).

Dumbarton
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Dumbarton shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MSP	Jackie Baillie
Council area	West Dunbartonshire Argyll and Bute

Dumbarton 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 ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Dumbarton 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 Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.^[1]

The rest of West Dunbartonshire is covered by the Clydebank and Milngavie. The rest of Argyll and Bute is covered by the Argyll and Bute constituency, which is within the Highlands and Islands electoral region.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Dumbarton had its boundaries altered to include the following electoral wards:

Dumbarton, Leven, Lomond North, Helensburgh Central, Helensburgh and Lomond South

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Jackie Baillie	Labour
2003
2007
2011

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Baillie	12,562	44.1	+5.4
	SNP	Iain Robertson	10,923	38.3	+5
	Conservative	Graham Smith	3,395	11.9	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Watt	858	3	-8.3
	Independent	George Rice	770	2.7	+2.7
Majority			1,639	5.7	+0.2
Turnout			28,508	52.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,638	38.6
	SNP		10,051	33.4
	Conservative		4,727	15.7
	Liberal Democrats		3,406	11.3
	Others		309	1.0
Majority			1,587	5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Baillie	11,635	38.7	-3.5
	SNP	Graeme McCormick	10,024	33.4	+14.2
	Conservative	Brian Pope	4,701	15.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Mackie	3,385	11.3	-4.2
	Scottish Jacobite Party	John Black	309	1.0	+1.0
Majority			1,611	5.4
Turnout			30,054	55.6	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Baillie	12,154	42.17	-1.58
	SNP	Dr Iain Docherty	5,542	19.23	-10.81
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Thompson	4,455	15.46	+3.83
	Conservative	Murray Tosh	4,178	14.50	-0.08
	Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	2,494	8.65	+8.65
Majority			6,612	22.94	+9.23
Turnout			28,823,	51.86	-10.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Baillie	15,181	43.75	N/A
	SNP	Lloyd Quinan	10,423	30.04	N/A
	Conservative	Donald Reece	5,060	14.58	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coleshill	4,035	11.63	N/A
Majority			4,758	13.71
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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