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Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dunfermline (Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife.[2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3] Created in 2011, it comprises parts of the former constituencies of Dunfermline East and Dunfermline West.[4]

Dunfermline
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Dunfermline shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral regionMid Scotland and Fife
Electorate64,247 (2026)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartySNP
MSPShirley-Anne Somerville
Council areaFife

Bill Walker narrowly won the seat for the Scottish National Party in 2011, however he resigned after being convicted of assault charges in 2013. This led to the 2013 Dunfermline by-election, in which Labour's Cara Hilton was elected, defeating the SNP's Shirley-Anne Somerville. However Somerville subsequently ousted Hilton in the 2016 election and was re-elected in 2021 and 2026.

Electoral region

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Constituency boundaries and council area

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Map
Map of boundaries (2011-2025)

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and Fife North East.[6]

The Dunfermline constituency was created by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from the following electoral wards of Fife Council:[4][2]

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were very slightly altered by a minor change of the boundary with the Cowdenbeath constituency in order to match ward boundaries (no electors were affected by this boundary change).[7]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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Election results

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Dunfermline election results 1999-2021

2020s

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2026 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline[8][9][10][1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville[a] 14,206 41.6 Decrease 7.4 9,588 28.0 Decrease 12.5
Labour Joe Long 8,769 25.7 Decrease 2.1 7,188 21.0 Increase 0.4
Reform Otto Inglis 5,093 14.9 New 5,286 15.4 Increase 15.2
Green 4,765 13.9 Increase 5.5
Liberal Democrats Lauren Buchanan-Quigley 3,849 11.3 Increase 3.5 3,492 10.2 Increase 3.0
Conservative Thomas Heald 2,209 6.5 Decrease 8.9 2,725 7.9 Decrease 11.3
Independent Green Voice 297 0.9 New
AtLS 281 0.8 New
Scottish Family 224 0.7 Increase 0.1
ISP 215 0.6 New
Scottish Socialist 129 0.4 New
Advance UK 69 0.2 New
Scottish Libertarian 40 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Majority 5,437 15.9 Decrease 5.3
Valid votes 34,126 34,299
Invalid votes 181 85
Turnout 34,307 53.4 Decrease 12.6 34,384 53.5 Decrease 12.5
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline[11][12]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville[a] 20,048 49.0 Increase5.7 16,623 40.5 Increase0.4
Labour Julie MacDougall 11,384 27.8 Decrease1.7 8,468 20.6 Decrease2.5
Conservative Roz McCall 6,314 15.4 Decrease2.2 7,884 19.2 Decrease0.8
Green 3,432 8.4 Increase3.0
Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder 3,196 7.8 Decrease1.8 2,956 7.2 Decrease1.4
Alba 772 1.9 New
All for Unity 290 0.7 New
Scottish Family 228 0.6 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 97 0.2 New
Scottish Libertarian 94 0.2 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 78 0.2 New
Reform 62 0.2 New
UKIP 42 0.1 Decrease1.6
Independent Martin Keatings 38 0.1 New
Renew 16 0.0 New
Independent Mercy Kamanja 3 0.0 New
Majority 8,664 21.2 Increase7.4
Valid votes 40,942 41,083
Invalid votes 167 77
Turnout 41,109 66.0 Increase8.8 41,160 66.0 Increase8.8
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline[12][a]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville 14,257 43.3 Increase5.7 13,223 40.1 Decrease0.9
Labour Cara Hilton[b] 9,699 29.5 Decrease6.1 7,634 23.1 Decrease8.8
Conservative James Reekie 5,797 17.6 Increase10.5 6,597 20.0 Increase12.2
Liberal Democrats James Calder 3,156 9.6 Decrease10.1 2,826 8.6 Decrease2.7
Green 1,796 5.4 Increase2.2
UKIP 598 1.7 Increase0.9
Solidarity 138 0.4 Increase0.3
RISE 117 0.4 New
Scottish Libertarian 60 0.2 New
Majority 4,558 13.8 Increase11.8
Valid votes 32,909 32,989
Invalid votes 99 31
Turnout 33,008 57.2 Increase4.2 33,020 57.2 Increase4.1
SNP hold Swing Increase5.9
Notes
  1. ↑ Showing changes from 2011 election
  2. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency by virtue of by-election victory
Scottish Parliament by-election, 2013: Dunfermline[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cara Hilton 10,279 42.5 Increase6.9
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville 7,402 30.7 Decrease6.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Leslie 2,852 11.8 Decrease7.9
Conservative James Reekie 2,009 8.3 Increase1.2
UKIP Peter Adams 908 3.8 New
Green Zara Kitson 593 2.5 New
Independent John Black 161 0.7 New
Majority 2,877 11.8 N/A
Total valid votes 24,200
Rejected ballots 41
Turnout 24,241 42.8 Decrease10.2
Labour gain from SNP Swing Increase6.9
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Dunfermline[12][14][15]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Bill Walker 11,010 37.6 N/A 12,039 41.0 N/A
Labour Alex Rowley 10,420 35.6 N/A 9,371 31.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jim Tolson[a] 5,776 19.7 N/A 3,304 11.3 N/A
Conservative James Reekie 2,093 7.1 N/A 2,283 7.8 N/A
Green 928 3.2 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 420 1.4 N/A
UKIP 276 0.9 N/A
Socialist Labour 221 0.8 N/A
BNP 197 0.7 N/A
Scottish Christian 99 0.3 N/A
CPA 74 0.3 N/A
Scottish Socialist 72 0.2 N/A
Independent Andrew Roger 56 0.2 N/A
Solidarity 24 0.1 N/A
Majority 590 2.0 N/A
Valid votes 29,299 29,364
Invalid votes 92 82
Turnout 29,391 53.0 N/A 29,446 53.1 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Footnotes

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  1. 1 2 "2026 Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
  3. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. 1 2 "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  6. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140-142.
  7. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 110.
  8. ↑ "Dunfermline Constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Fife Council. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Statement of Parties and Persons Nominated, including Notice of Poll - Mid Scotland and Fife Region" (PDF). Fife Council. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Dunfermline". BBC News. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Constituencies A-Z: Dunfermline". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Dunfermline by-election briefing" (PDF). Scottish Parliament Information Centre. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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