Dundee West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Dundee West Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Dundee West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 2007 |
| MSP: | Joe Fitzpatrick |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Dundee City (part) |
Dundee West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Dundee East constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.
[edit] Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Dundee City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee West and Dundee East are within the city area. The Angus constituency covers north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Kate Maclean | Labour | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | |
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dundee West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Joe FitzPatrick | 10,955 | 45.1 | +16.4 | |
| Labour | Jill Shimi | 9,009 | 37.1 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Charlton | 2,517 | 10.4 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Belinda Don | 1,787 | 7.4 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 1946 | 8.0 | |||
| Turnout | 24,268 | 48.8 | +0.2 | ||
| Rejected Ballots | 978 | ||||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour | Swing | 6.1 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003:Dundee West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kate MacLean | 8,234 | 32.93 | - 4.64 | |
| Scottish National Party | Irene McGugan | 7,168 | 28.67 | - 8.48 | |
| Independent | Ian Borthwick | 4,715 | 18.86 | +18.86 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shona Ferrier | 1,878 | 7.51 | - 2.80 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim McFarland | 1,501 | 6.00 | + 2.53 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Roberts | 1,376 | 5.50 | - 6.00 | |
| Scottish Peoples Alliance | Morag MacLechan | 131 | 0.52 | + 0.52 | |
| Majority | 1,066 | 4.26 | + 3.84 | ||
| Turnout | 25,003 | 48.66 | - 3.53 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999:Dundee West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kate MacLean | 10,925 | 37.57 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Calum Cashley | 10,804 | 37.15 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gordon Buchan | 3,345 | 11.50 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dick | 2,998 | 10.31 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim McFarlane | 1,010 | 3.47 | N/A | |
| Majority | 121 | 0.42 | N/A | ||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
