Dunfermline East (constituency, Scotland)

Dunfermline East

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Fife

Dunfermline East was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011 and continues to include nine constituencies. Here the constituency of Dunfermline East was abolished. It included east and north of Dunfermline lying areas of the Council Area Fife with the cities of Cowdenbeath , Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing . The areas of the former constituency were largely absorbed by the new constituencies of Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 67,166 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	Helen Eadie	16,576	55.9
SNP	David McCarthy	7877	26.6
Conservative	Carrie Ruxton	2931	9.9
Liberal Democrats	Fred Lawson	2275	7.7

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Helen Eadie	11,552	49.9	−6.0
SNP	Janet Law	4262	18.4	−8.2
Conservative	Stuart Randall	2485	10.7	+0.8
Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services	Brian Walker Stewart	1890	8.2	+8.2
Socialist	Linda Graham	1537	6.6	+6.6
Liberal Democrats	Rodger Spillane	1428	6.2	−1.5
Turnout: 23,154 (44.83%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Helen Eadie	10,995	44.8	−5.1
SNP	Ewan Dow	7002	28.5	+10.1
Conservative	Graeme Brown	3718	15.1	+4.4
Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	2853	11.6	+5.4
Turnout: 24,568 (48.06%)

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