Elections
| General Election 2001: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 16,370 | 52.8 | -0.3 | |
| SNP | Brian Goodall | 5,390 | 17.4 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Russel McPhate | 4,832 | 15.6 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | James Mackie | 3,166 | 10.2 | -2.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Catherine Stewart | 746 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Alastair Harper | 471 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,980 | 35.4 | |||
| Turnout | 30,975 | 57.1 | -12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.8% SNP to Labour | |||
| General Election 1997: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 19338 | 53.1 | 11.1 | |
| SNP | John Lloyd | 6984 | 19.2% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Harris | 4963 | 13.6% | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Newton | 4606 | 12.6% | ||
| Referendum Party | James Bain | 543 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12354 | 33.9 | |||
| Turnout | 36,434 | 69.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rachel Squire | 16,374 | 42.0% | ||
| Conservative | Michael Scott-Hayward | 8,890 | 22.8% | ||
| SNP | Jay Smith | 7,563 | 19.4% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Harris | 6,122 | 15.7% | ||
| Majority | 7484 | ||||
| Turnout | 38'949 | 76.4% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dick Douglas | 18,493 | 47.05% | ||
| Conservative | P Gallie | 9,091 | 23.13% | ||
| Social Democrat | F Moyes | 8,288 | 21.09% | ||
| SNP | G Hughes | 3,435 | 8.74% | ||
| Majority | 9402 | ||||
| Turnout | 39307 | 76.9% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Dunfermline West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dick Douglas | 12,998 | 36.0 | ||
| Conservative | Dr. P.S. Davidson | 10,524 | 29.2 | ||
| Social Democrat | F Moyes | 9,434 | 26.1 | ||
| SNP | J. M. Fairlie | 2,798 | 7.8 | ||
| Green | S.J. Dobson | 321 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 2,474 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 49,075 | 73.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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