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Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Summary

Constituency of the Scottish Parliament

FieldValue
nameDunfermline
typecounty
constituency_linkScottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_nameScottish Parliament
image[[File:Dunfermline (constituency) 2011.png150px]]
image2[[File:Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg150px]]
caption2Dunfermline shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year2011
party_labelParty
partySNP
member_labelMSP
memberShirley-Anne Somerville
local_council_labelCouncil area
local_councilFife
electorate62,615 (2022)

Dunfermline (Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife. Created in 2011, it comprises parts of the former constituencies of Dunfermline East and Dunfermline West.

Bill Walker narrowly won the seat for the Scottish National Party in 2011, however he resigned after being convicted of assault charges in 2013. This led to the 2013 Dunfermline by-election, in which Labour's Cara Hilton was elected, defeating the SNP's Shirley-Anne Somerville. However Somerville subsequently ousted Hilton in the 2016 election and was re-elected in 2021.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Fife North East, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and Fife North East .

The Dunfermline constituency was created by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from the following electoral wards of Fife Council:

  • In full:
    • West Fife and Coastal Villages
    • Dunfermline Central
    • Dunfermline North
    • Dunfermline South
  • In part:
    • Rosyth (shared with Cowdenbeath)

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were very slightly altered by a minor change of the boundary with the Cowdenbeath constituency in order to match ward boundaries (no electors were affected by this boundary change).

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Scottish National Party}}"2011Bill Walker
Independent (politician)}}"2012Independent
Scottish Labour}}"2013Cara Hilton
Scottish National Party}}"2016Shirley-Anne Somerville

Election results

Dunfermline election results 1999-2021

2020s

2010s

title=2016 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline

title=2011 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline

Footnotes

Bibliography

References

  1. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 25.
  2. It elects one [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) by the [[first past the post]] method of election. Under the [[Additional-member system. additional-member electoral system]] used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the [[Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region). Mid Scotland and Fife]] [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
  3. The region covers all of the [[Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire council area]], all of the [[Fife. Fife council area]], all of the [[Perth and Kinross. Perth and Kinross council area]] and all of the [[Stirling (council area). Stirling council area]].Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  4. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140-142.
  5. (May 2010). "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report". [[Boundaries Scotland]].
  6. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
  7. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 110.
  8. "Constituencies A-Z: Dunfermline". BBC News.
  9. (25 October 2013). "Dunfermline by-election briefing". Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
  10. (14 May 2021). "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council.
  11. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission.
  12. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament.
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