Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Dundee East Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Dundee East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Shona Robison |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Dundee City (part) |
Dundee East 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 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.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Dundee East 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.
[edit] Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Dundee City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee East and Dundee West are within the city area. The Angus constituency covers north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency has been represented by Scottish National Party MSP Shona Robison since 2003. From 1999 to 2003 the MSP was John McAllion, then of Labour.
[edit] Candidates
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2007: Dundee East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative and Unionist | Chris Bustin | ||||
| Labour | Iain Luke | ||||
| Scottish National Party | Shona Robison | - | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Sneddon | ||||
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[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003:Dundee East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Shona Robison | 10,428 | 39.58 | +5.32 | |
| Labour | John McAllion | 10,338 | 39.24 | -4.04 | |
| Conservative | Edward Prince | 3,133 | 11.89 | -2.09 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Sneddon | 1,584 | 6.01 | -0.79 | |
| Independent | James Gourlay | 865 | 3.28 | +3.28 | |
| Majority | 90 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,348 | - 6.43 | |||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour | Swing | 0.34 % | |||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999:Dundee East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John McAllion | 13,703 | 43.28 | ||
| Scottish National Party | Shona Robison | 10,849 | 34.26 | ||
| Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 4,428 | 13.98 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond Lawrie | 2,153 | 6.80 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Harvey Duke | 530 | 1.67 | ||
| Majority | 2,854 | 9.02 | |||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
