Dundee East (constituency, Scotland)

Dundee East

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Dundee

Dundee East was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here the constituency of Dundee East was abolished. It covered the eastern boroughs of Dundee . The areas have largely merged into the new constituency of Dundee City East . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 72,879 people lived within its borders. A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	John McAllion	13,703	43.3
SNP	Shona Robison	10,849	34.3
Conservative	Iain Mitchell	4428	14.0
Liberal Democrats	Raymond Lawrie	2153	6.8
Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	530	1.7

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Shona Robison	10,428	39.6	+5.3
Labor	John McAllion	10,338	39.2	−4.1
Conservative	Edward Prince	3133	11.9	−2.1
Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	1584	6.0	−0.8
Non-party	James Gourlay	865	3.3	+ 3.3
Turnout: 26,348 (48.90%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Shona Robison	13,314	49.6	+10.0
Labor	Iain Luke	8790	32.7	−6.5
Conservative	Chris Bustin	2976	11.1	−0.8
Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	1789	6.7	+0.7
Turnout: 26,869 (49.94%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament