West Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The current constituency was first used in the 2005 general election. There was also an earlier West Dunbartonshire constituency, from 1950 to 1983.

The current MP is Douglas McAllister of the Labour Party, who was elected at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Boundaries

Historic

The historic constituency was created under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 and first used in the 1950 general election.

As created in 1950, the constituency was one of two covering the county of Dunbarton. The other was East Dunbartonshire. The two new constituencies replaced the earlier constituencies of Dunbartonshire and Dumbarton Burghs. The area of the constituency was previously divided between the Dumbarton and Clydebank and Milngavie constituencies.

Elections in the 2010s

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!colspan="4" | 2019 notional result

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!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

!bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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|SNP ||align=right| 23,163 ||align=right| 49.7

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|Labour || align="right" | 13,322 || align="right" | 28.6

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|Conservative ||align=right| 6,606 ||align=right| 14.2

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|Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 1,949 ||align=right| 4.2

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|Scottish Greens || align="right" | 867 || align="right" | 1.9

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|Independent ||align=right| 708 ||align=right| 1.5

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|colspan="2" |Majority

|align="right" |9,841

|align="right" |21.1

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|colspan="2" |Turnout

|align="right" |46,615

|align="right" |66.3

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|70,286

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<sup>1</sup> Change to majority not meaningful as seat changed hands.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Notes

References

;Specific

;General

  • West Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • West Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK