Dundee West (constituency, Scotland)

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Dundee West
Dundee West

North East Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Dundee

Dundee West 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 West was abolished. It included the western districts of Dundee . The areas are largely absorbed into the new constituency of Dundee City West . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 71,792 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 Kate Maclean 10,925 37.6
SNP Calum Cashley 10,804 37.2
Conservative Gordon Buchan 3345 11.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dick 2998 10.3
Scottish Socialist Jim McFarlane 1010 3.5

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Kate Maclean 8234 32.9 −4.7
SNP Irene McGugan 7168 28.7 −8.5
Non-party Ian Borthwick 4715 18.9 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Shona Ferrier 1878 7.5 −2.8
Scottish Socialist Jim McFarland 1501 6.0 +2.5
Conservative Victoria Roberts 1376 5.5 −6.0
Scottish People's Morag Maclachlan 131 0.5 + 0.5
Turnout: 25,003 (48.66%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Joe FitzPatrick 10,955 45.1 +16.4
Labor Jill Shimi 9009 37.1 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Charlton 2517 10.4 +2.9
Conservative Belinda Don 1787 7.4 +1.9
Turnout: 24,268 (48.82%)

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