Election 97

Dundee West


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Ernie Ross
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 5,105 (13.2%)
Labour 97 20,875 (53.8%)
LibDem 97 2,972 ( 7.7%)
Nationalist 97 9,016 (23.2%)
Other 97 839 ( 2.2%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 57,346
Turnout 97 38,807 (67.7%)



1992 MP Ernie Ross
Old constituency name Dundee West
Majority 92 9,464 (23.1%)
Conservative 92 7,717 (18.8%)
Labour 92 19,520 (47.7%)
LibDem 92 3,071 ( 7.5%)
Nationalist 92 10,056 (24.6%)
Other 92 591 ( 1.4%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 60,352
Turnout 92 40,955 (67.9%)
Dundee West



Tory change -5.7%
Labour change +6.1%
Lib Dem change +0.2%
Nationalist change -1.3%
Other change +0.7%
Electorate change -5.0%
Turnout Change -0.2%
Robert Waller wrote

The traditional Scottish industrial city of Dundee lies on the Firth of Tay, well north of Scotland's central industrial belt. However, voting patterns in Dundee West closely mirror those found in industrial Strathclyde. Labour come in clear winners with well over the half the vote, while the SNP overtook the Conservative candidate in 1992 to move into a fairly distant second place.


Super Profiles

1,249 4.38 9.03 49
713 2.50 11.17 22
1,900 6.66 11.25 59
1,720 6.03 14.70 41
3,745 13.13 10.45 126
335 1.17 2.81 42
4,469 15.67 8.01 196
4,097 14.37 15.25 94
1,363 4.78 7.13 67
8,922 31.29 10.17 308