Dunfermline (constituency)
Dunfermline |
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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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%) |