Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
Dundee City West (Gaelic : Baile Dhùn Dè an Iar ) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood ) covering part of the Dundee City council area . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region , which elects seven additional members , in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election , and largely replaced the previous seat of Dundee West . Since creation it has been held by Joe FitzPatrick of the Scottish National Party ; FitzPatrick had previously served as the member for Dundee West since the 2007 Scottish Parliament election .
Electoral 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 all of the Aberdeen City council area , Aberdeenshire , Angus , the Dundee City council area and part of Moray .
Constituency boundaries and council area
Map of boundaries from 2011
Dundee City council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament : Dundee City East and Dundee City West.
A 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 , the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons ) constituency were subject to some alteration, and now no longer correspond to Holyrood constituencies. The current Holyrood boundaries were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election with the former Dundee West constituency being renamed and redrawn slightly to now include the 'Hebrides' neighbourhood at Claverhouse just west of the A90 road , and the edge-of-town housing developments at Dykes of Gray and the former Liff Hospital .[ 2] [ 3] The constituency consists of the following electoral wards:[ 4]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
Dundee City West election results 1999-2021
2020s
2021 Scottish Parliament election : Dundee City West[ 5] [ 6]
Party
Candidate
Constituency
Regional
Votes
%
Votes
%
SNP
Joe FitzPatrick [ a]
19,818
61.6
3.8
16,730
51.9
2.3
Labour
Mercedes Villalba [ b]
6,899
21.5
4.6
5,791
18.0
3.8
Conservative
Tess White [ b]
3,327
10.3
0.1
3,801
11.8
0.2
Scottish Green
2,862
8.9
2.8
Liberal Democrats
Daniel Coleman
1,269
3.9
0.3
903
2.8
0.3
Alba
859
2.7
New
TUSC
Jim McFarlane
432
1.3
1.0
All for Unity
259
0.8
New
Independent Green Voice
225
0.7
New
Scottish Family
206
0.6
New
Restore Scotland
Ewan Gurr
410
1.3
New
124
0.4
New
Reform UK
83
0.3
New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament
78
0.2
New
Scottish Libertarian
61
0.2
0.1
Freedom Alliance (UK)
60
0.2
New
UKIP
44
0.1
1.5
Independent
Laura Marshall
20
0.1
New
Renew
19
0.1
New
Independent
Geoffrey Farquharson
12
0.0
New
Majority
12,919
40.1
8.3
Valid Votes
32,155
32,137
Invalid Votes
126
121
Turnout
32,281
56.9
5.1
32,258
56.9
5.1
SNP hold
Swing
2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election : Dundee City West[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Constituency
Regional
Votes
%
Votes
%
SNP
Joe FitzPatrick [ a]
16,070
57.8
0.2
15,092
54.2
1.2
Labour
Jenny Marra
7,242
26.1
5.3
6,055
21.8
5.6
Conservative
Nicola Ross
2,826
10.2
3.6
3,232
11.6
5.2
Scottish Green
1,704
6.1
2.6
Liberal Democrats
Daniel Coleman
1,008
3.6
0.7
707
2.5
0.5
TUSC
Jim McFarlane
642
2.3
New
UKIP
445
1.6
1.1
Solidarity
198
0.7
0.3
Scottish Christian
137
0.5
0.3
RISE
122
0.4
New
Communist
64
0.2
New
National Front
48
0.2
0.1
Scottish Libertarian
35
0.1
New
Majority
8,828
31.7
5.5
Valid Votes
27,788
27,839
Invalid Votes
115
65
Turnout
27,903
51.8
6.1
27,904
51.8
5.9
SNP hold
Swing
2.8
2011 Scottish Parliament election : Dundee City West[ 9] [ 10]
Party
Candidate
Constituency
Region
Votes
%
Votes
%
SNP
Joe FitzPatrick [ a]
14,089
57.6
N/A
13,052
53.0
N/A
Labour
Richard McCready
7,684
31.4
N/A
6,734
27.4
N/A
Conservative
Colin Stewart
1,625
6.6
N/A
1,586
6.4
N/A
Scottish Green
867
3.5
N/A
Liberal Democrats
Allison Burns
1,063
4.3
N/A
749
3.0
N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party
444
1.8
N/A
Socialist Labour
232
0.9
N/A
Scottish Christian
199
0.8
N/A
BNP
188
0.8
N/A
Scottish Socialist
156
0.6
N/A
UKIP
129
0.5
N/A
Solidarity
92
0.4
N/A
National Front
72
0.3
N/A
Angus Independents
13
0.1
N/A
Others
78
0.3
N/A
Majority
6,405
26.2
N/A
Valid Votes
24,461
24,591
Invalid Votes
144
121
Turnout
24,605
45.7
N/A
24,712
45.9
N/A
SNP win (new seat)
See also
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