Dundee East
2010 Results:
Conservative: 6177 (15.23%)
Labour: 13529 (33.35%)
Liberal Democrat: 4285 (10.56%)
SNP: 15350 (37.84%)
UKIP: 431 (1.06%)
Green: 542 (1.34%)
Scottish Socialist: 254 (0.63%)
Majority: 1821 (4.49%)
2005 Results:
SNP: 14708 (37.2%)
Labour: 14325 (36.2%)
Conservative: 5061 (12.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4498 (11.4%)
Other: 948 (2.4%)
Majority: 383 (1%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election.
2001 Result
Conservative: 3900 (12.1%)
Labour: 14635 (45.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 2784 (8.6%)
SNP: 10160 (31.4%)
Other: 879 (2.7%)
Majority: 4475 (13.8%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 6397 (15.8%)
Labour: 20718 (51.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 1677 (4.1%)
SNP: 10757 (26.5%)
Referendum: 601 (1.5%)
Other: 378 (0.9%)
Majority: 9961 (24.6%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Stewart Hosie(SNP) (more information at They work for you)
Chris Bustin (Conservative) Educated at Dundee University. Researcher. Contested Dundee East 2005, 2007 Scottish elections.
Katrina Murray (Labour) Chair of Unison`s Womens Committee. Ex-wife of Steven Purcell, leader of Glasgow City Council.Clive Sneddon (Liberal Democrat)Stewart Hosie(SNP) (more information at They work for you)
Shiona Baird (Green) Born 1946, Hertford. Educated at Edinburgh University. Farmer and former social worker. MSP for North East Scotland 2003-2007.Michael Arthur (UKIP) 
Angela Gorrie (SSP) Educated at Dundee university. Contested Scotland 2009 European elections.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 83203
Male: 47.5%
Female: 52.5%
Under 18: 22.7%
Over 60: 23.5%
Born outside UK: 3.5%
White: 97.8%
Asian: 1.6%
Mixed: 0.2%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 64.2%
Muslim: 1.2%
Graduates 16-74: 19.4%
No Qualifications 16-74: 31.3%
Owner-Occupied: 65.8%
Social Housing: 24% (Council: 17.2%, Housing Ass.: 6.8%)
Privately Rented: 7%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 12.2%
Basically it’s a hell of a lot easier for Labour to get 60 seats than 65.
Shouldn’t it be easier for Labour to win the Western Isles than Perthshire South and Kinross in general? I understand that locally it appears to have moved quite safely to the SNP and is less likely to respond to national swings but it was Labour up to 2005 and Labour are the only real challengers, while in PS+K coming a decent third is a realistic target for Labour.
Yes….the boundary changes which have transformed Perth into Perthshire South & Kinross have made this seat a lesser prospect for Labour.
Simply, East Perth was much more Labour than Kinross-shire.
Dundee City East 2011
SNP 13300
Lab 12200
Con 3900
LD 1500
Predictions for May 2011 Scottish Parliament election
SNP – 12000
Lab – 9000
Con – 3000
LD – 2000
The boundary commission has proposed a Dundee East and the Glens seat (taking in all of Kirriemuir ward).
Can’t say I like the look of it.
The proposed Dundee East and the Glens looks very bizarre. Especially as i think they could swap the Kirrienuir ward with Carnoustie to create Angus North and Kincardine and Dundee East and Angus South
Between 1922 an 1931 one of the two MPs for Dundee was Edwin Scrymgeour of the Scottish Prohibition Party. In 1922 one of those defeated was Winston Churchill.