- Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Dundee East Burgh constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of Dundee East in Scotland.Subdivisions of Scotland Angus/City of Dundee Current constituency Created 1950 Member of Parliament Stewart Hosie (SNP) Created from Dundee Overlaps European Parliament constituency Scotland Dundee East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). Created for the 1950 general election, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
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Boundaries
Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the seat of Dundee East was described as being formed from:
- The First, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth wards of the City of Dundee[1]
Between 1955 and 1974, the description of the seat changed to;
- The Barnhill, Broughty Ferry, Craigie, Harbour, Hilltown, and Linlathen wards[2]
Between 1974 and 1983 the electoral wards used in the creation of Dundee East were altered again, to comprise Broughty Ferry, Caird, Craigie, Douglas, Harbour and Hilltown[3]. For the period from 1983 to 1997, this altered to the whole of electoral divisions 11 - 20 of the City of Dundee, whilst the period from 1997 to 2005 this changed to the whole of ward 7, parts of wards 4-6 and 8.
The current constituency is one of two covering the City of Dundee council area, the other being Dundee West. Current boundaries were first used in the 2005 General Election.
Prior to the 2005 election, both constituencies were entirely within the city area, and north-eastern and north-western areas of the city were within the Angus constituency. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the older boundaries.
The electoral boundaries used from 2005 comprise either the whole or part of the electoral wards of Monifeith and Sidlaw, Carnoustie and District, The Ferry, East End, North East, Maryfield, Strathmartine, and an uninhabited slice of Kirriermuir and Dean ward.
Members of Parliament
Election Member [4] Party 1950 Thomas Cook Labour 1952 by-election George Thomson Labour 1973 by-election George Machin Labour Feb 1974 Gordon Wilson SNP 1987 John McAllion Labour 2001 Iain Luke Labour 2005 Stewart Hosie SNP Election results
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: Dundee East Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Stewart Hosie 15,350 37.8 +0.6 Labour Katrina Murray 13,529 33.3 -2.9 Conservative Chris Bustin 6,177 15.2 +2.4 Liberal Democrat Clive Sneddon 4,285 10.6 -0.8 Scottish Green Shiona Baird 542 1.3 +1.3 UKIP Mike Arthur 431 1.1 +0.4 Scottish Socialist Angela Gorrie 254 0.6 -0.7 Majority 1,821 4.5 Turnout 40,568 62.0 -0.5 SNP hold Swing +1.7 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Dundee East Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Stewart Hosie 14,708 37.2 +1.1 Labour Iain Luke 14,325 36.2 −1.2 Conservative Chris Bustin 5,061 12.8 −2.5 Liberal Democrat Clive Sneddon 4,498 11.4 +2.7 Scottish Socialist Harvey Duke 537 1.4 −1.2 UKIP Donald Low 292 0.7 N/A Independent David Allison 119 0.3 N/A Majority 383 1.0 Turnout 39,540 62.4 +3.3 SNP gain from Labour Swing +1.1 General Election 2001: Dundee East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Iain Luke 14,635 45.2 −5.9 SNP Stewart Hosie 10,169 31.4 +4.9 Conservative Alan Donnelly 3,900 12.0 −3.7 Liberal Democrat Raymond Lawrie 2,784 8.6 +4.5 Scottish Socialist Harvey Duke 879 2.7 N/A Majority 4,466 13.8 Turnout 32,367 57.3 −12.0 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Dundee East[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John McAllion 20,718 51.1 +7.0 SNP Shona Robison 10,757 26.5 -6.9 Conservative Bruce Mackie 6,397 15.8 -2.0 Liberal Democrat G. Saluja 1,677 4.1 0.0 Referendum Party E. Galloway 601 1.5 N/A Scottish Socialist Harvey Duke 232 0.6 N/A Natural Law S. Mackenzie 146 0.4 +0.2 Majority 9,961 Turnout 69.4 -2.7 Labour hold Swing General Election 1992: Dundee East[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John McAllion 18,761 44.1 SNP David Coutts 14,197 33.4 Conservative Steve Blackwood 7,549 17.8 Liberal Democrat Ian Yuill 1,725 4.1 Scottish Green B. Baird 205 0.5 Natural Law R. Baxter 77 0.2 Majority 4,564 Turnout 72.1 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1983: Dundee East[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Gordon Wilson 20,276 43.8% N/A Labour C. Bowman 15,260 33.0% N/A Conservative Mrs B. Vaughan 7,712 15.5% N/A Liberal S. Rottger 3,546 7.7% N/A Majority 2,519 5% SNP hold Swing Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Dundee East[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Gordon Wilson 20,497 41.7% -6.7% Labour James Reid 17,978 36% +3.3% Conservative Brian Townsend 9,072 18.2% +1.4% Liberal C. Brodie 2,317 4.6% +1.8% WRP R. Battersby 95 0.2% +0.2% Majority 2,519 5% SNP hold Swing General Election Oct 1974: Dundee East [7][8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Gordon Wilson 22,120 47.7% Labour George Machin 15,137 32.7% Conservative W.L. Walker 7,784 16.8% Liberal C. Brodie 1,302 2.8% Majority 6,983 15% SNP hold Swing General Election Feb 1974: Dundee East[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Gordon Wilson 20,066 Labour George Machin 17,100 Conservative James Clyde 13,371 Christian Democratic Socialist James Gourlay 220 Majority 2,966 SNP gain from Labour Swing Dundee East by-election, 1973 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Machin 14,411 SNP Gordon Wilson 13,270 Conservative William Fitzgerald 11,089 Liberal Nathaniel Gordon 3,653 Labour Party of Scotland George MacLean 1,409 Independent John S Thomson 182 Majority 1,141 Turnout Labour hold Swing General Election 1970: Dundee East[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George M. Thomson 22,630 Conservative Allan Stewart 19,449 SNP Ian Macaulay 4,181 World Government Radical E. G. Macfarlane 176 Majority 2,798 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Dundee East [11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Thomson 26,263 Unionist R.A. McCrindle 22,082 Majority 4,181 Labour hold Swing General Election 1955: Dundee East [12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Thomson 25,646 Unionist R. R. Taylor 21,606 Majority 4,040 Labour hold Swing Politics and history of the constituency
The Dundee East constituency has been a marginal seat between the SNP and Labour since the 1973 byelection. Although Labour won the seat in that by-election, the SNP established itself as the clear challenger and continued to advance, winning the seat in the next general election. Labour were thought to have underperformed in not winning the seat back in the 1979 general election, and the choice of the former Communist Jimmy Reid as Labour candidate was blamed for the loss.
Boundary changes which came into force in 2005 brought in many voters from more suburban areas formerly in the Angus constituency. Although estimates of the 2001 general election result on the new boundaries showed Labour ahead, the lead was exceptionally narrow, and after the SNP won the Scottish Parliament seat on the original boundaries in 2003, a close fight was expected (and occurred) in the 2005 general election.
References
- ^ [1] Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ [2] Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ [3] Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ a b "Aristotle: Dundee East", Guardian Unlimited
- ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books Limited. 1983. p. 99. ISBN 072300255X.
- ^ a b The Times Guide to the House of Commons May 1979. London: Times Books Limited. 1979. p. 98. ISBN 0723002258.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
- ^ Hazel, John W. (1977). John W Hazel's Book of Records. Dundee: D. Winter & Son Ltd. p. 51.
- ^ Hazel, John W. (1977). John W Hazel's Book of Records. Dundee: D. Winter & Son Ltd. p. 51.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
- ^ Hazel, John W. (1977). John W Hazel's Book of Records. Dundee: D. Winter & Son Ltd. p. 50.
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