Dundee West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency) or Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dundee West
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Dundee West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
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.

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Dundee West will be redrawn and renamed Dundee City West

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament 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.

Constituency boundaries

The Dundee West 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.

Re-named Dundee City West for the 2011 elections, the electoral wards used in the newly shaped constituency are;

• In full: Strathmartine; Lochee; West End
• In part: Coldside; Maryfield; North East

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.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Kate Maclean	Labour
	2003
	2007	Joe FitzPatrick	Scottish National Party

Election results

These results are for Dundee West. For candidates and results from 2011, see Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dundee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	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
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	6.1

Scottish Parliament election, 2003:Dundee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate MacLean	8,234	32.93	- 4.64
	SNP	Irene McGugan	7,168	28.67	- 8.48
	Independent	Ian Borthwick	4,715	18.86	N/A
	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	N/A
Majority			1,066	4.26	+ 3.84
Turnout			25,003	48.66	- 3.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999:Dundee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate MacLean	10,925	37.57	N/A
	SNP	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
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Politics of Dundee