Election Results
| General Election 1983: Dunfermline East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 18,515 | 51.5 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | D Harcus | 7,214 | 20.1 | ||
| Conservative | C Shenton | 6,764 | 18.8 | ||
| SNP | G Hunter | 2,573 | 7.2 | ||
| Communist | A Maxwell | 864 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 11,301 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 72.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Dunfermline East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 25,381 | 64.5 | +13.0 | |
| Conservative | C Shenton | 5,792 | 14.8 | -4.0 | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | Evan Harris | 4,122 | 10.5 | -9.6 | |
| SNP | A McGarry | 3,901 | 10.0 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 19,589 | 49.7 | |||
| Turnout | 76.6 | +4.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
| General Election 1992: Dunfermline East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 23,692 | 62.4 | -3.1 | |
| Conservative | M Tennant | 6,248 | 16.5 | +1.7 | |
| SNP | J Lloyd | 5,746 | 15.1 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | T Little | 2,262 | 6.0 | -4.5 | |
| Majority | 17,444 | 45.9 | |||
| Turnout | 75.6 | -1.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| General Election 1997: Dunfermline East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 24,441 | 66.8 | +4.4 | |
| SNP | J Ramage | 5,690 | 15.6 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | I Mitchell | 3,656 | 10.0 | -6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | J Tolson | 2,164 | 5.9 | -0.1 | |
| Referendum Party | T Dunsmore | 632 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 18,751 | 51.2 | |||
| Turnout | 69.6 | -7.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Dunfermline East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 19,487 | 64.8 | -2.0 | |
| SNP | Johnny Mellon | 4,424 | 14.7 | -0.8 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Randall | 2,838 | 9.4 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Mainland | 2,281 | 7.6 | +1.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Andrew Jackson | 770 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Tom Dunsmore | 286 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,063 | 50.1 | |||
| Turnout | 30,086 | 57.0 | -13.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
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