Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Dumbarton
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Dumbarton shown within the
West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Jackie Baillie
Party: Labour
Council area: West Dunbartonshire (part)
Argyll and Bute (part)

Dumbarton 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 nine constituencies in the West of 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.

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See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

The Dumbarton 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 Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.[1]

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the West Dunbartonshire council area and a south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute council area. The rest of the West Dunbartonshire area is covered by the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency, which also covers a western portion of the North Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the Argyll and Bute area is covered by the Argyll and Bute constituency, which is within the Highlands and Islands electoral region.

Election Member Party
1999 Jackie Baillie Labour
2003
2007

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dumbarton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Party Jackie Baillie 11,635 38.7 -3.5
Scottish National Party Graeme McCormick 10,024 33.4 +14.2
Conservative Party Brian Pope 4,701 15.6 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Mackie 3,385 11.3 -4.2
Scottish Jacobite Party John Black 309 1.0 +1.0
Majority 1,611 5.4
Turnout 30,054 55.6 +3.8
Labour Party hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Dumbarton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Party Jackie Baillie 12,154 42.17 -1.58
Scottish National Party Dr Iain Docherty 5,542 19.23 -10.81
Liberal Democrats Eric Thompson 4,455 15.46 +3.83
Conservative Party Murray Tosh 4,178 14.50 -0.08
Scottish Socialist Party Les Robertson 2,494 8.65 +8.65
Majority 6,612 22.94 +9.23
Turnout 28,823, 51.86 -10.00
Labour Party hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Dumbarton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Party Jackie Baillie 15,181 43.75 N/A
Scottish National Party Lloyd Quinan 10,423 30.04 N/A
Conservative Party Donald Reece 5,060 14.58 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Coleshill 4,035 11.63 N/A
Majority 4,758 13.71
Turnout
Labour Party hold Swing

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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