Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dundee City West
Dundee City West
Burgh constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Dundee City West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	77,779 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Joe FitzPatrick
Council area	Dundee City
Created from	Dundee West

Dundee City West (Gaelic: Baile Dhùn Dè an Iar) 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.

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and largely replaced the previous seat of Dundee West. Since creation it has been held by Joe FitzPatrick of the Scottish National Party; FitzPatrick had previously served as the member for Dundee West since the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

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 East.

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

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

A Dundee West constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration, and now no longer correspond to Holyrood constituencies. The current Holyrood boundaries were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election with the former Dundee West constituency being renamed and redrawn slightly to now include the 'Hebrides' neighbourhood at Claverhouse just west of the A90 road, and the edge-of-town housing developments at Dykes of Gray and the former Liff Hospital.^[2]^[3] The constituency consists of the following electoral wards:^[4]

In full: Strathmartine, Lochee, West End
In part: Coldside, Maryfield, North East (shared with Dundee City East)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Joe FitzPatrick	SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City West^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Joe FitzPatrick^[a]	19,818	61.6	3.8	16,730	51.9	2.3
	Labour	Mercedes Villalba^[b]	6,899	21.5	4.6	5,791	18.0	3.8
	Conservative	Tess White^[b]	3,327	10.3	0.1	3,801	11.8	0.2
	Scottish Green					2,862	8.9	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Coleman	1,269	3.9	0.3	903	2.8	0.3
	Alba					859	2.7	New
	TUSC	Jim McFarlane	432	1.3	1.0
	All for Unity					259	0.8	New
	Independent Green Voice					225	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					206	0.6	New
	Restore Scotland	Ewan Gurr	410	1.3	New	124	0.4	New
	Reform UK					83	0.3	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					78	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					61	0.2	0.1
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					60	0.2	New
	UKIP					44	0.1	1.5
	Independent	Laura Marshall				20	0.1	New
	Renew					19	0.1	New
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				12	0.0	New
Majority			12,919	40.1	8.3
Valid Votes			32,155			32,137
Invalid Votes			126			121
Turnout			32,281	56.9	5.1	32,258	56.9	5.1
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ ^a ^b Elected on the party list

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City West^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Joe FitzPatrick^[a]	16,070	57.8	0.2	15,092	54.2	1.2
	Labour	Jenny Marra	7,242	26.1	5.3	6,055	21.8	5.6
	Conservative	Nicola Ross	2,826	10.2	3.6	3,232	11.6	5.2
	Scottish Green					1,704	6.1	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Coleman	1,008	3.6	0.7	707	2.5	0.5
	TUSC	Jim McFarlane	642	2.3	New
	UKIP					445	1.6	1.1
	Solidarity					198	0.7	0.3
	Scottish Christian					137	0.5	0.3
	RISE					122	0.4	New
	Communist					64	0.2	New
	National Front					48	0.2	0.1
	Scottish Libertarian					35	0.1	New
Majority			8,828	31.7	5.5
Valid Votes			27,788			27,839
Invalid Votes			115			65
Turnout			27,903	51.8	6.1	27,904	51.8	5.9
	SNP hold		Swing		2.8
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City West^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Joe FitzPatrick^[a]	14,089	57.6	N/A	13,052	53.0	N/A
	Labour	Richard McCready	7,684	31.4	N/A	6,734	27.4	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Stewart	1,625	6.6	N/A	1,586	6.4	N/A
	Scottish Green					867	3.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Burns	1,063	4.3	N/A	749	3.0	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					444	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour					232	0.9	N/A
	Scottish Christian					199	0.8	N/A
	BNP					188	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					156	0.6	N/A
	UKIP					129	0.5	N/A
	Solidarity					92	0.4	N/A
	National Front					72	0.3	N/A
	Angus Independents					13	0.1	N/A
	Others					78	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,405	26.2	N/A
Valid Votes			24,461			24,591
Invalid Votes			144			121
Turnout			24,605	45.7	N/A	24,712	45.9	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency