Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dundee East
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dundee East in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus/City of Dundee
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Stewart Hosie (SNP)
Created from	Dundee
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Dundee East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). Created for the 1950 general election, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Its MP, since 2005, has been Stewart Hosie of the Scottish National Party (SNP). On 14 November 2014, Hosie was elected deputy leader of the party, succeeding Nicola Sturgeon, who was elected the party leader.

Fanning out from the city's docklands, Dundee East takes in a series of mixed residential areas as far as the town of Carnoustie and the affluent suburb of Monifieth in the north-west. Prosperous middle-class enclaves like Barnhill and Broughty Ferry contrast with older tenement districts and council estates like Douglas and Whitfield.

Boundaries

Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the seat of Dundee East was described as being formed from:

The First, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth wards of the City of Dundee^[1]

Between 1955 and 1974, the description of the seat changed to;

The Barnhill, Broughty Ferry, Craigie, Harbour, Hilltown, and Linlathen wards^[2]

Between 1974 and 1983 the electoral wards used in the creation of Dundee East were altered again, to comprise Broughty Ferry, Caird, Craigie, Douglas, Harbour and Hilltown.^[3] For the period from 1983 to 1997, this altered to the whole of electoral divisions 11 - 20 of the City of Dundee, whilst the period from 1997 to 2005 this changed to the whole of ward 7, parts of wards 4-6 and 8.

The current constituency is one of two covering the City of Dundee council area, the other being Dundee West. Current boundaries were first used in the 2005 general election.

Prior to the 2005 election, both constituencies were entirely within the city area, and north-eastern and north-western areas of the city were within the Angus constituency. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the older boundaries.

The electoral boundaries used from 2005 comprise either the whole or part of the electoral wards of Monifieth and Sidlaw, Carnoustie and District, The Ferry, East End, North East, Maryfield, Strathmartine, and an uninhabited slice of Kirriemuir and Dean ward.

Politics and history of the constituency

The Dundee East constituency has been a marginal seat between the SNP and Labour since the 1973 byelection. Although Labour won the seat in that by-election, the SNP established itself as the clear challenger and continued to advance, winning the seat in the next general election. Labour were thought to have underperformed in not winning the seat back in the 1979 general election, and the choice of the former Communist Jimmy Reid as Labour candidate was blamed for the loss. John McAllion regained the constituency for Labour at the 1987 general election.

Boundary changes which came into force in 2005 brought in many voters from more suburban areas formerly in the Angus constituency. Although estimates of the 2001 general election result on the new boundaries showed Labour ahead, the lead was exceptionally narrow, and after the SNP won the Scottish Parliament seat on the original boundaries in 2003, a close fight was expected (and occurred) in the 2005 general election. The constituency was gained by the SNP's Stewart Hosie, who won the constituency with a 1.0% vote majority ahead of Labour in 2005, which he increased to 4.5% at the 2010 general election.

In 2015 the incumbent SNP MP Stewart Hosie retained the seat with a majority of 19,162 (39.8%). This was the largest majority of any of the 56 SNP MPs in percentage terms, although a slightly larger numerical majority was achieved in Falkirk.^[4]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[5]	Party
1950	Thomas Cook	Labour
1952 by-election	George Thomson	Labour
1973 by-election	George Machin	Labour
Feb 1974	Gordon Wilson	SNP
1987	John McAllion	Labour
2001	Iain Luke	Labour
2005	Stewart Hosie	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Dundee East^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Hosie^[8]	28,765	59.7	+21.9
	Labour	Lesley Brennan^[9]	9,603	19.9	−13.4
	Conservative	Bill Bowman	7,206	15.0	−0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Duncan^[10]	1,387	2.9	−7.7
	Scottish Green	Helen Grayshan^[11]	895	1.9	+0.5
	CISTA	Lesley Parker-Hamilton^[12]	225	0.5	N/A
	TUSC	Carlo Morelli^[12]	104	0.2	N/A
Majority			19,162	39.8	+34.3
Turnout			48,185	71.0	+9.0
	SNP hold		Swing	+17.7

General Election 2010: Dundee East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Hosie	15,350	37.8	+0.6
	Labour	Katrina Murray	13,529	33.3	−2.9
	Conservative	Chris Bustin	6,177	15.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Sneddon	4,285	10.6	−0.8
	Scottish Green	Shiona Baird	542	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	Mike Arthur	431	1.1	+0.4
	Scottish Socialist	Angela Gorrie	254	0.6	−0.7
Majority			1,821	4.5
Turnout			40,568	62.0	−0.5
	SNP hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Dundee East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Hosie	14,708	37.2	+1.1
	Labour	Iain Luke	14,325	36.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Chris Bustin	5,061	12.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Sneddon	4,498	11.4	+2.7
	Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	537	1.4	−1.2
	UKIP	Donald Low	292	0.7	N/A
	Independent	David Allison	119	0.3	N/A
Majority			383	1.0
Turnout			39,540	62.4	+3.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+1.1

General Election 2001: Dundee East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iain Luke	14,635	45.2	−5.9
	SNP	Stewart Hosie	10,169	31.4	+4.9
	Conservative	Alan Donnelly	3,900	12.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Lawrie	2,784	8.6	+4.5
	Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	879	2.7	+2.1
Majority			4,466	13.8
Turnout			32,367	57.3	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Dundee East^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John McAllion	20,718	51.1	+7.0
	SNP	Shona Robison	10,757	26.5	−6.9
	Conservative	Bruce Mackie	6,397	15.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gurudeo Saluja	1,677	4.1	0.0
	Referendum	Edward Galloway	601	1.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	232	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Elisabeth Mackenzie	146	0.4	+0.2
Majority			9,961	24.6
Turnout			40,528	69.3	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Dundee East^[18]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John McAllion	18,761	44.1	+1.8
	SNP	David Coutts	14,197	33.4	−6.7
	Conservative	Steve Blackwood	7,549	17.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Yuill	1,725	4.1	−0.5
	Scottish Green	Shiona Baird	205	0.5	N/A
	Natural Law	Ronald Baxter	77	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,564	10.7
Turnout				72.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Dundee East^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John McAllion	19,539	42.34	+9.3
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	18,524	40.14	−3.7
	Conservative	Paul Stanley Cook	5,938	12.87	−2.6
	Liberal	Margo Kerr von Romberg	2,143	4.64	−3.1
Majority			1,015	2.20
Turnout				75.89
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing

General Election 1983: Dundee East^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	20,276	43.8	+2.1
	Labour	Charles Bowman	15,260	33.0	−3.0
	Conservative	Mrs Barbara Vaughan	7,712	15.5	−2.7
	Liberal	Stephen William Rottger	3,546	7.7	+3.1
Majority			5,016	10.8	+5.8
Turnout				73.71
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Dundee East^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	20,497	41.7	−6.7
	Labour	Jimmy Reid	17,978	36.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Brian James Taggart Townsend	9,072	18.2	+1.4
	Liberal	Charles Gilchrist Brodie	2,317	4.6	+1.8
	Workers Revolutionary	Roy Battersby	95	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,519	5.04
Turnout				77.66
	SNP hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Dundee East^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	22,120	47.7
	Labour	George Machin	15,137	32.7
	Conservative	William Charles Walker	7,784	16.8
	Liberal	Charles Gilchrist Brodie	1,302	2.8
Majority			6,983	15.07
Turnout				73.38
	SNP hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Dundee East^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	20,066	39.53
	Labour	George Machin	17,100	33.69
	Conservative	James George Clyde	13,371	26.34
	Christian Democratic Socialist	James Gourlay	220	0.43
Majority			2,966	5.84
Turnout				81.09
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Dundee East by-election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Machin	14,411	32.7
	SNP	Robert Gordon Wilson	13,270	30.1
	Conservative	William Fitzgerald	11,089	25.2
	Liberal	Nathaniel Gordon	3,653	8.3
	Labour Party of Scotland	George MacLean	1,409	3.2
	Independent	John S Thomson	182	0.4
Majority			1,141
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Dundee East^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George M. Thomson	22,630	48.34
	Conservative	Allan Stewart	19,832	42.36
	SNP	Ian Macaulay	4,181	8.93
	World Government Radical	E. G. Macfarlane	176	0.38
Majority			2,798	5.98
Turnout				75.97
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Dundee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomson	25,530	56.32
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	19,804	43.68
Majority			5,726	12.63
Turnout				78.84
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Dundee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomson	26,062	54.80
	Liberal National	John Leslie Marshall	21,499	45.20
Majority			4,563	9.59
Turnout				80.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Dundee East^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomson	26,263	54.32
	Liberal National	RA McCrindle	22,082	45.68
Majority			4,181	8.65
Turnout				82.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Dundee East^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomson	25,646	54.27
	Liberal National	R. R. Taylor	21,606	45.73
Majority			4,040	8.55
Turnout				82.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Dundee East by-election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Thomson	22,161
	Unionist	Paul Cowcher	14,035
	SNP	Donald James Stewart	2,931
Majority			8,126
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Dundee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Cook	26,668	53.84
	Unionist	JS Murray	22,863	46.16
Majority			3,805	7.68
Turnout				87.23
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Dundee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Cook	26,005	53.34	N/A
	Unionist	J Henderson	21,658	44.42	N/A
	Communist	D Bowman	1,093	2.24	N/A
Majority			4,347	8.92	N/A
Turnout				88.60	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

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