Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Tolson | 9,952 | 33.7 | +19.3 | |
| Labour | Scott Barrie | 9,476 | 32.1 | -2.2 | |
| SNP | Len Woods | 7,296 | 24.7 | +7.3 | |
| Conservative | Peter Lyburn | 2,363 | 8.0 | +0.6 | |
| Scottish Voice | Susan Archibald | 238 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 476 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,252 | 51.8 | +5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 10.8 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Scott Barrie | 8,644 | 34.3 | -9.9 | |
| Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services | David Wishart | 4,584 | 18.2 | +18.2 | |
| SNP | Brian Goodall | 4,372 | 17.4 | -10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Tolson | 3,636 | 14.4 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Jim Mackie | 1,868 | 7.4 | -2.3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Andy Jackson | 923 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Independent | Alastair Harper | 714 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Damien Quigg | 459 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 4,080 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 25,240 | 46.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Scott Barrie | 13,560 | 44.21 | N/A | |
| SNP | Douglas Chapman | 8,539 | 27.84 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Harris | 5,591 | 18.23 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Mackie | 2,981 | 9.72 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,021 | 16.37 | |||
| Turnout | 30,671 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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