Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Shirley-Anne Somerville | Votes 14,257 | 43.3% | Net percentage change in seats +5.7 |
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LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Cara Hilton | Votes 9,699 | 29.5% | Net percentage change in seats −6.1 |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates James Reekie | Votes 5,797 | 17.6% | Net percentage change in seats +10.5 |
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LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates James Calder | Votes 3,156 | 9.6% | Net percentage change in seats −10.1 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
4,558Turnout
57.0%Constituency Profile
Dunfermline was once Scotland's capital city and eight kings are buried here, among them Robert the Bruce. Today, it is a mostly working-class town, with textiles, engineering and the manufacture of synthetic materials the main industries, although the seat also contains rural areas. Over recent years the decline of Rosyth dockyards and the closure of the naval base there have caused a lot of economic problems for the area.
Dunfermline was formerly split into two seats, East and West, incorporating other parts of Fife including Cowdenbeath, but was unified in boundary changes in 2011.
In the Scottish Parliament, Helen Eadie won the Dunfermline East seat for Labour in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Scott Barrie won the Dunfermline West seat for Labour at the 1999 and 2003 polls, losing to Lib Dem Jim Tolson in 2007. Following the 2011 poll, Bill Walker took the unified Dunfermline seat for the SNP.