Election 97

Dumbarton

Current MP John McFall
Conservative 97 7,283
Labour 97 20,470
LibDem 97 3,144
Nationalist 97 9,587
Other 97 525
Elected party
Dumbarton

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Dumbarton
Conservative 92 13,126
Labour 92 19,255
LibDem 92 3,425
Nationalist 92 8,127
Other 92 192
Elected party Labour

The relatively large constituency of Dumbarton, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and to the west of Central Scotland's industrial heartland, is held by Labour, but not with the seemingly unassailable majorities found to the east. As well as the town of Dumbarton, the seat contains the comfortable waterside town of Helensburgh, the solidly Labour voting working-class towns of the Vale of Leven, and a fair chunk of sparsely populated moorland. In 1997 the seat should remain safe for Labour.


Super Profiles

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