Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Dundee West (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dundee West
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dundee West in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus/City of Dundee
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Chris Law (SNP)
Created from	Dundee
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

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.

Boundaries

The constituency is one of two covering the City of Dundee council area, the other being Dundee East. Current boundaries were first used in the 2005 general election.

As well as covering an eastern 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 north-eastern and north-western areas of the city were within the Angus constituency. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the older boundaries.

Politics and history of the constituency

Dundee West was a safe seat for Labour. Its voters have traditionally been more loyal to the Labour Party than its neighbour Dundee East having elected only Labour MP since the 1950s. Labour's majority was reduced in 2005 by the SNP's 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. Chris Law was elected as the seat's first ever SNP representative in 2015, as part of the party's near-clean sweep of the Scottish constituencies that year.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1950	John Strachey	Labour
1963 by-election	Peter Doig	Labour
1979	Ernie Ross	Labour
2005	Jim McGovern	Labour
2015	Chris Law	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Dundee West ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Chris Law ^[3]	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^[4]	1,225	2.7	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Coleman^[5]	1,057	2.4	−9.0
	TUSC	Jim McFarlane^[6]	304	0.7	−0.3
Majority			17,092	38.2
Turnout			44,714	67.8	+8.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+28.9

General Election 2010: Dundee West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McGovern	17,994	48.5	+3.9
	SNP	Jim Barrie	10,716	28.9	−1.2
	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	+1.0
	TUSC	Jim McFarlane	357	1.0	+1.0
Majority			7,278	19.6
Turnout			37,126	59	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Dundee West (new boundaries)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McGovern	16,468	44.6	n/a
	SNP	Joe Fitzpatrick	11,089	30.0	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Nykoma Garry	5,323	14.4	n/a
	Conservative	Christopher McKinlay	3,062	8.3	n/a
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McFarlane	994	2.7	N/A
Majority			5,379	14.6	N/A
Turnout			36,936	56.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Dundee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Democrat	Elizabeth Dick	2,620	9.0	+1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McFarlane	1,192	4.1	N/A
Majority			6,800	23.3
Turnout			29,242	54.4	−13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Dundee West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Democrat	Elizabeth Dick	2,972	7.7	+0.2
	Scottish Socialist	Mary Ward	428	1.1	N/A
	Referendum	John MacMillan	411	1.1	N/A
Majority			11,859	30.9
Turnout			38,717	67.7	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Dundee West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Democrat	Dr Elizabeth G. Dick	3,132	7.5	−5.2
	Scottish Green	Elly Hood	432	1.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Donald Arnold	159	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,604
Turnout			41,861	69.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Dundee West^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Ross	24,916	53.4
	Conservative	John Alan Donnelly	8,390	18.0
	SNP	Alasdair Morgan	7,164	15.3
	Social Democratic	Rosemary Lonie	5,922	12.7
	Communist	Stephen Ratcliffe Matthewson	308	0.7
Majority			16,526	35.4
Turnout			46,700	75.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Dundee West^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Ross	20,288	43.46
	Conservative	D. Senior	10,138	21.72
	Social Democratic	Mrs Elizabeth G. Dick	7,976	17.09
	SNP	James Lynch	7,973	17.08
	Ecology	P. Marks	302	0.65
Majority			10,150	21.75
Turnout			46,677	74.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Dundee West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Ross	23,654	47.25
	SNP	Jim Fairlie	13,197	26.36
	Conservative	I. Stevenson	12,892	25.75
	Communist	Raymond Mennie	316	0.63
Majority			10,457	20.89
Turnout			50,059	78.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election Oct 1974: Dundee West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Doig	19,480	41.01
	SNP	Jim Fairlie	16,678	35.11
	Conservative	C.G. Findlay	8,769	18.46
	Liberal	R. Hewett	2,195	4.62
	Communist	H. McLevy	381	0.80
Majority			2,802	5.90
Turnout				74.32
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election Feb 1974: Dundee West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Doig	22,193	43.03
	Conservative	M. Tomison	15,745	30.53
	SNP	Jim Fairlie	12,959	25.13
	Communist	H. McLevy	673	1.31
Majority			6,448	12.50
Turnout				81.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Dundee West^[12]
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
	Communist	H. McLevy	809	1.59
Majority			6,822	13.38
Turnout				76.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Dundee West^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Muir Doig	26,705	53.71
	Conservative	C.A. MacNab	18,345	36.90
	Liberal	J.W. Cruddas	3,454	6.95
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,217	2.45
Majority			8,360	16.81
Turnout				79.90
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Dundee West^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Muir Doig	27,090	53.34
	Unionist	H.C. Scarlett	22,473	44.25
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,228	2.42
Majority			4,617	9.09
Turnout				81.50
	Labour hold		Swing

Dundee West by-election, 1963^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Muir Doig	22,449	50.6	+0.9
	Unionist	Dr. Robert R. Taylor^[15]	17,494	39.4	-8.9
	SNP	Dr. James C. Lees	3,285	7.4	N/A
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,170	2.6	+0.5
Majority			4,955
Turnout			44,398	71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Dundee West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon John Strachey	25,857	49.64
	Unionist	Dr Robert R. Taylor	25,143	48.27
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,087	2.09
Majority			714	1.35
Turnout				82.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Dundee West^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon John Strachey	26,082	50.52
	Unionist	G.H.M. Pirie	24,208	46.89
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,335	2.59
Majority			1,874	3.63
Turnout				82.70
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Dundee West^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon John Strachey	29,020	51.60
	Liberal	John Junor	25,714	45.72
	Communist	David P. Bowman	1,508	2.68
Majority			3,306	5.88
Turnout				86.80
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Dundee West^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon John Strachey	28,386	53.50
	Unionist	Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	23,685	44.64
	Liberal	Colin James Canning	986	1.86
Majority			4,701	8.86
Turnout				88.08
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
↑ election result http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/elections2015/westresults 8Aug15
↑ https://www.facebook.com/DundeeSNP/posts/982092355154007
↑ http://www.dundeegreens.org.uk/2015/01/13/dundee-greens-announce-westminster-candidates/
↑ http://www.libdemvoice.org/daniel-coleman-selected-to-fight-dundee-west-for-the-liberal-democrats-43957.html
↑ "More Tusc Candidates in place as election challenge grows". Retrieved 24 January 2015.
↑ Dundee East, UKPollingReport
1 2 "Aristotle: Dundee West", Guardian Unlimited
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↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
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↑ The Times, 22 Nov 1963
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