Election Results
| General Election 1974: Dunfermline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Adam Hunter | 19,201 | 39.31 | ||
| Conservative | J.M. Fraser | 14,791 | 30.28 | ||
| SNP | R.R. Patrick | 8,695 | 17.8 | ||
| Liberal | M.D.H. Valentine | 6,153 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 4,410 | 9.03 | |||
| General Election October 1974: Dunfermline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Adam Hunter | 18,470 | 40.10 | ||
| SNP | Miss A.C. Cameron | 13,179 | 28.61 | ||
| Conservative | K. Macleod | 10,611 | 23.04 | ||
| Liberal | M.D.H. Valentine | 3,800 | 8.25 | ||
| Majority | 5,291 | 11.49 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1979: Dunfermline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dick Douglas | 22,803 | 44.32 | ||
| Conservative | A. Lester | 15,490 | 30.11 | ||
| SNP | Miss A.C. Cameron | 7,351 | 14.29 | ||
| Liberal | G. Whitelaw | 5,803 | 11.28 | ||
| Majority | 7,313 | 14.21 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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