Dunfermline (constituency)

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Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
2011
MP
Shirley-Anne Somerville ( SNP )
Regions
Fife

Dunfermline is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was newly created in 2011 as part of the constituency revision as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife . The areas were previously largely within the former constituencies of Dunfermline East and Dunfermline West . The constituency of Dunfermline includes the eponymous city of Dunfermline and parts of the Council Area Fife north and west of Dunfermline . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​193.5 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 72,643 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Bill Walker 11,010 37.6
Labor Alex Rowley 10,420 35.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Tolson 5776 19.7
Conservative James Reekie 2093 7.1
Turnout: 29,396 (52.99%)

By-elections 2013

After the resignation of SNP politician Bill Walker , by-elections were required in the constituency of Dunfermline.

Results of the 2013 by-elections
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Cara Hilton 10,275 42.5 +6.9
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville 7402 30.6 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Leslie 2852 11.8 −7.9
Conservative James Reekie 2009 8.3 +1.2
UKIP Peter Adams 908 3.8 +3.8
Green Zara Kitson 593 2.5 +2.5
Non-party John Black 161 0.7 +0.7
Turnout: 24,200 (42.65%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville 14,257 43.3 +5.7
Labor Cara Hilton 9,699 29.5 −6.1
Conservative James Reekie 5,797 17.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats James Calder 3,156 9.6 −10.1
Turnout: 33,008 (57.17%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ BBC News: Dunfermline by-election: Labor's Cara Hilton wins seat from SNP , October 25, 2013
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament