West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

(Redirected from Dunbartonshire West) Parliamentary constituency in the UK

West Dunbartonshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of West Dunbartonshire in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Scotland
Major settlements	Alexandria, Balloch, Clydebank, Dalmuir, Drumry, Dumbarton
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of Parliament	Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Dumbarton Clydebank & Milngavie
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Dunbartonshire Dumbarton Burghs
Replaced by	Dumbarton

West Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and covers the same area as the county of West Dunbartonshire.

The current constituency was first used in the 2005 general election. There was also an earlier West Dunbartonshire constituency, from 1950 to 1983.

The current MP is Douglas McAllister of the Labour Party, who was elected at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Boundaries

Historic

The historic constituency was created under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 and first used in the 1950 general election.

As created in 1950, the constituency was one of two covering the county of Dunbarton. The other was East Dunbartonshire. The two new constituencies replaced the earlier constituencies of Dunbartonshire and Dumbarton Burghs.

West Dunbartonshire covered the Helensburgh, Old Kilpatrick, and Vale of Leven districts of the county and the burghs of Cove and Kilcreggan, Dumbarton and Helensburgh.

For the 1951 general election the constituency boundaries were adjusted to take account of a change to the boundaries of the Old Kilpatrick district.

The results of the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission were implemented for the 1955 general election, but there was no change to the boundaries of West Dunbartonshire, and the boundaries of 1951 and 1955 were used also in the general elections of 1959, 1964, 1966 and 1970.

The results of the Second Periodical Review were implemented for the February 1974 general election. The review took account of population growth in the county of Dunbarton, caused by overspill from the city of Glasgow into the new town of Cumbernauld and elsewhere, and West Dunbartonshire became one of three constituencies covering the county. The other two were East Dunbartonshire and Central Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire now covered the Helensburgh and Vale of Leven districts and the burghs of Cove and Kilcreggan, Dumbarton and Helensburgh.

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

In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Scottish counties were abolished in favour of regions and districts and islands council areas, and the county of Dunbarton was divided between several districts of the new region of Strathclyde. The Third Periodical Review took account of new local government boundaries and the results were implemented for the 1983 general election.

Current

Map of current boundaries

The existing constituency was created as a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, It covers and is entirely within the West Dunbartonshire council area.

The area of the constituency was previously divided between the Dumbarton and Clydebank and Milngavie constituencies. It includes the population centres of Clydebank, Dumbarton and Alexandria.

The Fifth Periodical Review did not affect the boundaries of Scottish Parliament constituencies, which retain the boundaries of Westminster constituencies prior to implementation of the results of the review.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Adam McKinlay	Labour
1950 by-election	Tom Steele	Labour
1970	Ian Campbell	Labour
1983	constituency abolished
	constituency recreated
2005	John McFall	Labour
2010	Gemma Doyle	Labour
2015	Martin Docherty-Hughes	SNP
2024	Douglas McAllister	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas McAllister	19,312	48.8	+20.2
	SNP	Martin Docherty-Hughes	13,302	33.6	−16.1
	Reform UK	David Smith	2,770	7.0	N/A
	Scottish Green	Paula Baker	1,496	3.8	+1.9
	Conservative	Maurice Corry	1,474	3.7	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Donald Kennedy	839	2.1	−2.1
	Scottish Family	Andrew Muir	318	0.8	N/A
	Sovereignty	Kelly Wilson	73	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,010	15.2	N/A
Turnout			39,584	57.3	−9.0
Registered electors			69,074
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	+18.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Martin Docherty-Hughes	22,396	49.6	+6.7
	Labour	Jean Mitchell	12,843	28.5	−9.2
	Conservative	Alix Mathieson	6,436	14.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Lang	1,890	4.2	+1.9
	Scottish Green	Peter Connolly	867	1.9	New
	Independent	Andrew Muir	708	1.6	New
Majority			9,553	21.1	+15.9
Turnout			45,140	68.0	+2.9
	SNP hold		Swing	+8.0

General election 2017: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Martin Docherty-Hughes	18,890	42.9	−16.1
	Labour	Jean Mitchell	16,602	37.7	+6.4
	Conservative	Penny Hutton	7,582	17.2	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Plenderleith	1,009	2.3	+0.7
Majority			2,288	5.2	−22.5
Turnout			44,083	65.1	−8.8
	SNP hold		Swing	-11.3

General election 2015: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Martin Docherty	30,198	59.0	+38.9
	Labour Co-op	Gemma Doyle	16,027	31.3	−30.0
	Conservative	Maurice Corry	3,597	7.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Morton	816	1.6	−6.5
	Independent	Claire Muir	503	1.0	New
Majority			14,171	27.7	N/A
Turnout			51,141	73.9	+9.9
	SNP gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+34.5

Change to majority not meaningful as seat changed hands.

General election 2010: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gemma Doyle	25,905	61.3	+9.4
	SNP	Graeme McCormick	8,497	20.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Watt	3,434	8.1	−6.3
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	3,242	7.7	+1.3
	UKIP	Mitch Sorbie	683	1.6	+0.9
	Socialist Labour	Katharine McGavigan	505	1.2	New
Majority			17,408	41.2	+11.1
Turnout			42,266	64.0	+2.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John McFall	21,600	51.9	−11.6
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	9,047	21.8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Niall Walker	5,999	14.4	+12.0
	Conservative	Campbell Murdoch	2,679	6.4	+1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	1,708	4.1	−0.9
	UKIP	Bryan Maher	354	0.9	New
	Christian Vote	Marlon Dawson	202	0.5	New
Majority			12,553	30.1	−9.4
Turnout			41,589	61.3
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	21,166	48.42	+10.37
	Conservative	J Cameron Munro	14,709	33.65	+10.48
	SNP	Stan Stratton	7,835	17.92	−15.77
Majority			6,457	14.77	+10.31
Turnout			43,710	80.19	+1.92
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.05

General election October 1974: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	15,511	38.15	−1.45
	SNP	A. Murray	13,697	33.69	+6.63
	Conservative	R.R. MacDonald	9,421	23.17	−10.07
	Liberal	J.D. Murricane	2,029	4.99	New
Majority			1,814	4.46	−1.90
Turnout			40,640	78.27	−1.30
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.04

General election February 1974: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	16,247	39.60	−11.30
	Conservative	Moira Carse	13,638	33.24	−3.91
	SNP	A Murray	11,144	27.16	+15.18
Majority			2,609	6.36	−7.41
Turnout			41,129	79.57	+1.64
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.24

General election 1970: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	23,009	50.90	−1.36
	Conservative	William Adams	16,783	37.13	+3.98
	SNP	Robert O Campbell	5,414	11.98	−2.61
Majority			6,226	13.77	−5.34
Turnout			45,206	77.93	−4.02
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.67

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Steele	21,636	52.26	+1.51
	Conservative	William Adams	13,724	33.15	−4.05
	SNP	Robert O Campbell	6,042	14.59	+2.54
Majority			7,912	19.11	+5.56
Turnout			41,402	81.95	−0.11
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.78

General election 1964: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Steele	21,079	50.75	−1.79
	Conservative	Patrick Tobias Telfer Smollett	15,448	37.20	−10.26
	SNP	Alexander Gray	5,004	12.05	New
Majority			5,631	13.55	+8.47
Turnout			41,531	82.06	−1.61
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.92

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Steele	22,105	52.54	+0.20
	Unionist	Norman Macleod Glen	19,964	47.46	−0.20
Majority			2,141	5.08	+0.40
Turnout			42,069	83.67	−1.17
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.20

General election 1955: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Steele	21,854	52.34	+1.06
	Unionist	Molly Huggins	19,902	47.66	+2.27
Majority			1,952	4.68	−1.21
Turnout			41,756	84.84	−1.72
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.61

General election 1951: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Steele	21,799	51.28	+0.92
	Unionist	Patrick Fraser	19,292	45.39	−4.25
	Liberal	Lawrence Lauderdale Maitland	1,415	3.33	New
Majority			2,507	5.89	+5.17
Turnout			42,504	86.56	+1.10
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.08

1950 Dunbartonshire West by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Steele	20,367	50.36	+1.07
	Unionist	Robert Allan	20,074	49.64	+1.83
Majority			293	0.72	−0.76
Turnout			40,441
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.38

General election 1950: West Dunbartonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam McKinlay	20,398	49.29	*N/A*
	Unionist	Robert Allan	19,785	47.81	N/A
	Communist	Finlay Hart	1,198	2.90	N/A
Majority			613	1.48	N/A
Turnout			41,381	85.46	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

Specific

"'Dunbartonshire West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig, 1972
^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
"West Dunbartonshire results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
"UK Parliamentary Election Results 2024". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
"Notice of Election". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
"UK Parliamentary Election Results 2019". www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
"Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
"Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
"General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPS - the Scotsman". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"UK Parliamentary Election Results 2015 | West Dunbartonshire Council".
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Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
Whitaker's Almanack, 1963

General

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)

External links

West Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
West Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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