Dunfermline (UK Parliament constituency)

Dunfermline
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Dunfermline
1974 (1974)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Dunfermline East Dunfermline West
Created from	Dunfermline Burghs

Dunfermline was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1983.

There was also an earlier Dunfermline Burghs constituency, from 1918 to 1974.

Boundaries

The constituency was defined by the Second Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission, and first used in the February 1974 general election, as one of four constituencies covering the county of Fife. The other three constituencies were Central Fife, East Fife and Kirkcaldy.^[1]

The Dunfermline constituency covered the Dunfermline district of the county and the burghs of Culross, Dunfermline, and Inverkeithing.^[1]

February 1974 boundaries were used also in the general elections of October 1974 and 1979.

In 1975 Scottish counties and burghs were abolished under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and replaced with two-tier regions and districts and unitary islands council areas. The Third Periodical Review took account of new local government boundaries, and results were implemented for the 1983 general election. The Dunfermline constituency was divided between new Dunfermline East and Dunfermline West constituencies.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party	Notes
	Feb 1974	Adam Hunter	Labour	previously MP for Dunfermline Burghs
	1979	Dick Douglas	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished: see Dunfermline East and Dunfermline West

Election results

General Election 1974: Dunfermline[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Hunter	19,201	39.31
	Conservative	J.M. Fraser	14,791	30.28
	SNP	R.R. Patrick	8,695	17.8
	Liberal	M.D.H. Valentine	6,153	12.6
Majority			4,410	9.03

General Election October 1974: Dunfermline[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Hunter	18,470	40.10
	SNP	Miss A.C. Cameron	13,179	28.61
	Conservative	K. Macleod	10,611	23.04
	Liberal	M.D.H. Valentine	3,800	8.25
Majority			5,291	11.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Dunfermline[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dick Douglas	22,803	44.32
	Conservative	A. Lester	15,490	30.11
	SNP	Miss A.C. Cameron	7,351	14.29
	Liberal	G. Whitelaw	5,803	11.28
Majority			7,313	14.21
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b} Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977, [2]
5. ^ [3]