Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)

Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)
Dunfermline East
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Cowdenbeath
1983 (1983)2005 (2005)
Number of members One
Replaced by Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline & West Fife
Glenrothes
Created from Central Fife
Dunfermline

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 actually included any part of the town of Dunfermline. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.

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[1] Party
1983 Gordon Brown Labour

Election results

General Election 1983: Dunfermline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 18,515 51.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance D Harcus 7,214 20.1
Conservative C Shenton 6,764 18.8
SNP G Hunter 2,573 7.2
Communist A Maxwell 864 2.4
Majority 11,301 31.4
Turnout 72.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1987: Dunfermline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 25,381 64.5 +13.0
Conservative C Shenton 5,792 14.8 -4.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance E Harris 4,122 10.5 -9.6
SNP A McGarry 3,901 10.0 +2.8
Majority 19,589 49.7
Turnout 76.6 +4.6
Labour hold Swing +8.5
General Election 1992: Dunfermline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 23,692 62.4 -3.1
Conservative M Tennant 6,248 16.5 +1.7
SNP J Lloyd 5,746 15.1 +5.1
Liberal Democrat T Little 2,262 6.0 -4.5
Majority 17,444 45.9
Turnout 75.6 -1.0
Labour hold Swing -2.4
General Election 1997: Dunfermline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 24,441 66.8 +4.4
SNP J Ramage 5,690 15.6 +0.5
Conservative I Mitchell 3,656 10.0 -6.5
Liberal Democrat J Tolson 2,164 5.9 -0.1
Referendum Party T Dunsmore 632 1.7 +1.7
Majority 18,751 51.2
Turnout 69.6 -7.0
Labour hold Swing 2.0
General Election 2001: Dunfermline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 19,487 64.8 -2.0
SNP Johnny Mellon 4,424 14.7 -0.8
Conservative Stuart Randall 2,838 9.4 -0.6
Liberal Democrat John Mainland 2,281 7.6 +1.7
Scottish Socialist Andrew Jackson 770 2.6 N/A
UKIP Tom Dunsmore 286 1.0 N/A
Majority 15,063 50.1
Turnout 30,086 57.0 -13.2
Labour hold Swing +0.6

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Rushcliffe
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath



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