Dundee_City_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)

Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

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

Dundee City East (Gaelic: Baile Dhùn Dè an Ear) 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.

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The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and largely replaced the previous seat of Dundee East. Since creation it has been held by Shona Robison of the Scottish National Party; Robison had previously served as the member for Dundee East since the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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 West.

The region covers all of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City and part of Moray.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

The Dundee City council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

A Dundee East constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the existing Westminster constituency. In 2005 the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration, and no longer correspond to Holyrood constituencies. The current Holyrood boundaries were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with the former Dundee East being renamed and redrawn slightly to exclude the 'Hebrides' neighbourhood at Claverhouse just west of the A90 road and include new housing developments north of the A92 road near Barnhill.[2][3] The constituency consists of the following electoral wards:[4]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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Election results

Dundee City East election results 1999-2021

2020s

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2010s

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See also

References

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    "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)]". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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    Dundee East 1999-2011, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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    Dundee City East - from 2011, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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    "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 105. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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    "Constituencies A-Z: Dundee City East". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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    "Scottish Parliamentary Elections - 6th May 2021". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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    "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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    "Dundee City East - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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    "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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    "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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    "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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