Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Dundee City West
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Dundee City West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
MSP	Joe Fitzpatrick
Council area	Dundee City (part)
Party	Scottish National Party

Dundee City 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 ten 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.

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast and Dundee City East

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 two North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee City West and Dundee City East.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Joe Fitzpatrick	SNP

Election results

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

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Dundee City West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Joe FitzPatrick	14,089	57.6	+12
	Labour	Richard McCready	7,684	31.4	-5.7
	Conservative	Colin Stewart	1,625	6.6	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Burns	1,063	4.3	-5.8
Majority			6,405	26.2
Turnout			24,461	45.8
	SNP hold		Swing	8.9% Labour to SNP

See also

• Politics of Dundee