Dunfermline and West Fife

Dunfermline and West Fife
Educated
2005
MP
Douglas Chapman ( SNP )
Regions
Fife

Dunfermline and West Fife is a constituency for the British House of Commons in the Scottish Council Area Fife . It was created in 2005 from the constituency of Dunfermline West by adding areas of the constituency of Dunfermline East . Dunfermline and West Fife comprises the southwestern areas of Fife with the towns of Dunfermline , Inverkeithing and Rosyth . A representative is sent.

Election results

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Rachel Squire	20,111	47.4
Liberal Democrats	David Herbert	8549	20.2
SNP	Douglas Chapman	8026	18.9
Conservative	Roger Smillie	4376	10.3
Socialist	Susan Archibald	689	1.6
UKIP	Ian Borland	643	1.5

2006 by-elections

With the death of Rachel Squire, by-elections were necessary in the constituency of Dunfermline and West Fife.

Results of the 2006 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	12,391	35.8	+15.6
Labor	Catherine Stihler	10,591	30.6	−16.8
SNP	Douglas Chapman	7261	21.0	+2.1
Conservative	Carrie Ruxton	2702	7.8	−2.5
Socialist	John McAllion	537	1.6	± 0.0
Christian	George Hargreaves	411	1.2	+1.2
Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party	Tom Minogue	374	1.1	+1.1
UKIP	Ian Borland	208	0.6	−0.9
The Common Good	Dick Rodgers	103	0.3	+0.3

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Thomas Docherty	22,639	46.3	+15.7
Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	17.169	35.1	−0.7
SNP	Joe McCall	5201	10.6	−10.4
Conservative	Belinda hacking	3305	6.8	−1.0
UKIP	Otto Inglis	633	1.3	+0.7

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Douglas Chapman	28.096	50.3	+39.7
Labor	Thomas Docherty	17,744	31.7	−14.6
Conservative	James Reekie	6623	11.9	+5.1
Liberal Democrats	Gillian Cole-Hamilton	2232	4.0	−31.1
Green	Lewis Campbell	1195	2.1	+2.1

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Douglas Chapman	18,121	35.5	−14.8
Labor	Cara Hilton	17,277	33.9	+2.2
Conservative	Belinda hacking	12,593	24.7	+12.8
Liberal Democrats	James Calder	3019	5.9	+1.9

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ BBC News: Lib Dems deliver blow to Labor , February 10, 2006.
4. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015