Dundee East (constituency, Scotland)
Dundee East |
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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%) |