Parliamentary constituency in the: United Kingdom, 1983β2005
For theββ1918β1950 constituency, see Dumbarton Burghs (UK Parliament constituency).
Notββto be, confused with Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Dumbarton | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Dumbarton in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
Major settlements | Dumbarton, Helensburgh |
1983β2005 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | West Dumbartonshire |
Dumbarton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of West Dunbartonshire, with Helensburgh joining Argyll and Bute.
The Dumbarton constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the "same boundaries," continuesββto exist.
Boundariesβ»
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It consisted of the towns of Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, and Helensburgh, plus a significant rural hinterland.
Members of Parliamentβ»
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Ian Campbell | Labour | |
1987 | John McFall | Labour Co-operative | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Election resultsβ»
Elections of the 1980sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Campbell | 15,810 | 36.7 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Iain Lawson | 13,695 | 31.8 | -2.0 | |
SDP | Robert Sawyer | 9,813 | 22.8 | New | |
SNP | Ian Bayne | 3,768 | 8.7 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 2,115 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,086 | 75.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John McFall | 19,778 | 43.0 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Graham | 14,556 | 31.7 | β0.1 | |
SDP | Richard Mowbray | 6,060 | 13.2 | β9.6 | |
SNP | Jenny Herriot | 5,564 | 12.1 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 11.3 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,958 | 77.9 | +2.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections of the 1990sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John McFall | 19,255 | 43.6 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Begg | 13,126 | 29.8 | β1.9 | |
SNP | Bill McKechnie | 8,127 | 18.4 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Morrison | 3,425 | 7.8 | β5.4 | |
Natural Law | Diana Krass | 192 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,129 | 13.8 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,125 | 77.1 | β0.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John McFall | 20,470 | 49.6 | +6.0 | |
SNP | William McKechnie | 9,587 | 23.2 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 7,283 | 17.6 | β12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 3,144 | 7.6 | β0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Leslie Robertson | 283 | 0.7 | New | |
Referendum | George Dempster | 255 | 0.6 | New | |
UKIP | Robert Lancaster | 242 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,883 | 26.4 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,264 | 73.4 | β3.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Elections of the 2000sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John McFall | 16,151 | 47.5 | β2.1 | |
SNP | Iain Robertson | 6,576 | 19.3 | β3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric Thompson | 5,265 | 15.5 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 4,648 | 13.7 | β3.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Leslie Robertson | 1,354 | 4.0 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 9,575 | 28.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,994 | 61.1 | β12.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs β Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.