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Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-2005

Field	Value
name	Dunfermline East
parliament	uk
map1	DunfermlineEast1997
map_size	260px
map_year	2001
map_entity	Scotland
year	1983
abolished	2005
type	Burgh
elects_howmany	One
previous	Central Fife
Dunfermline
next	Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline & West Fife
Glenrothes
region	Scotland
towns	Cowdenbeath

Dunfermline Dunfermline & West Fife Glenrothes Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Central Fife and Dunfermline. It was abolished for the 2005 general election as part of a major revision in the composition of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.

Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The remaining parts of the seat were moved to the new Dunfermline and West Fife and Glenrothes constituencies.

The constituency's name was something of a misnomer as it never included any part of the town of Dunfermline, all of which was located in the Dunfermline West seat. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour/Dalgety Bay/North Queensferry, Ballingry/Lochore, Cowdenbeath/Gray Park, Dunfermline/Rosyth, Hill of Beath/Crossgates/Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing/Rosyth, Kelty/Lumphinnans, and Lochgelly, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Auchterderran.

1997–2005: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour and Mossside, Benarty and Lumphinans, Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry, Kelty, Lochgelly, and Rosyth East and South, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Cardenden and Kinglassie.

Members of Parliament

The constituency's only MP was Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1992 to 1997 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, when he became Prime Minister.

Election	Member	Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1983	Gordon Brown

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

References

{{Rayment-hc. d. 4. (March 2012)
"Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1997". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].

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