Dunfermline And West Fife (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 56°03′25″N 3°25′48″W / 56.057°N 3.430°W / 56.057; -3.430
| Dunfermline and West Fife County constituency |
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| Dunfermline and West Fife shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Thomas Docherty |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Fife |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Dunfermline and West Fife is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from all of the old Dunfermline West and parts of the old Dunfermline East constituencies. The current MP is Thomas Docherty of the Labour Party.
The Dunfermline and West Fife by-election was held in early 2006, due to the death of the sitting MP, Rachel Squire. Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrats was the surprise winner, by some 1,800 votes, in what was seen as a safe Labour seat. However, he lost the seat to Labour's Thomas Docherty at the 2010 general election.
Read more about Dunfermline And West Fife (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, Members of Parliament
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