Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dunfermline East County constituency
Created:	1983
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the the 2005 general election as part of a major revision in the composition of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.

Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The remaining parts of the seat were moved to the new Dunfermline and West Fife and Glenrothes constituencies.

The constituency's name was something of a misnomer as it never actually included any part of the town of Dunfermline. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The constituency's only MP was Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1992 to 1997 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, when he became Prime Minister.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Gordon Brown	Labour

General Election 1983: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	18,515	51.5
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	D Harcus	7,214	20.1
	Conservative	C Shenton	6,764	18.8
	Scottish National	G Hunter	2,573	7.2
	Communist Party of Scotland	A Maxwell	864	2.4
Majority				31.5
Turnout				72.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	25,381	64.5
	Conservative	C Shenton	5,792	14.8
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	E Harris	4,122	10.5
	Scottish National	A McGarry	3,901	10.0
Majority			19,589	50.00
Turnout				76.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	23,692	62.4
	Conservative	M Tennant	6,248	16.5
	Scottish National	J Lloyd	5,746	15.1
	Liberal Democrat	T Little	2,262	6.0
Majority			17,444	45.0
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	24,441	66.8
	Scottish National	J Ramage	5,690	15.6
	Conservative	I Mitchell	3,656	10.0
	Liberal Democrat	J Tolson	2,164	1.7
	Referendum Party	T Dunsmore	632	1.7
Majority			18,751	51.3
Turnout				69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	19,487	64.8	-2.0
	Scottish National	Johnny Mellon	4,424	14.7	-0.8
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	2,838	9.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Mainland	2,281	7.6	+1.7
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Jackson	770	2.6	N/A
	UK Independence	Tom Dunsmore	286	1.0	N/A
Majority			15,063	50.1
Turnout			30,086	57.0	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Rushcliffe	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1997 – 2005	Succeeded by Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

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