UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Dunfermline West
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| Labour | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Conservative | Other | |
| Votes | 19,338 | 6,984 | 4,963 | 4,606 | 543 |
| Votes gained | +2,964 | -579 | -1,159 | -4,284 | +222 |
| Share of votes | 53.1% | 19.2% | 13.6% | 12.6% | 1.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 36.8% | 13.3% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 1.0% |
| Gain in share of votes | +11.0% | -0.2% | -2.1% | -10.2% | +0.6% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +4.7% | -1.6% | -2.6% | -8.7% | +0.4% |
| Total votes: | 36,434 | |
| Electorate: | 52,538 | |
| Turnout: | 69.3% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 10.6% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Dunfermline 9 June 1983 |
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Constituency succeeded by Dunfermline and West Fife 5 May 2005 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Alliance | Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Alliance | Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 16,370 | 3,166 | 5,390 | 4,832 | 1,217 | |
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 19,338 | 4,606 | 6,984 | 4,963 | 543 | |
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 16,374 | 8,890 | 7,563 | 6,122 | ||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 18,493 | 9,091 | 3,435 | 8,288 | ||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 12,998 | 10,524 | 2,798 | 9,434 | 321 | |