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Dundee East

Every general election in Dundee East since 1950 (until 2019). Latest: Stewart Hosie, Scottish National Party, majority 13,375.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Stewart Hosie Elected sitting MPScottish National Party24,36153.8%
Philip ScottConservative10,98624.3%
Rosalind GartonLabour6,04513.4%
Michael CrichtonLiberal Democrats3,5737.9%
George MortonIndependent3120.7%
Valid votes45,277
Majority13,37529.5%

SNP hold Turnout 68.4% of 66,210 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1950195519641970O1974198319922001201020172019Labour, 1950: 53.3%Labour, 1951: 53.8%Labour, 1955: 54.3%Labour, 1959: 54.3%Labour, 1964: 54.8%Labour, 1966: 56.3%Labour, 1970: 48.3%Labour, February 1974: 33.7%Labour, October 1974: 32.7%Labour, 1979: 36.0%Labour, 1983: 33.0%Labour, 1987: 42.3%Labour, 1992: 44.1%Labour, 1997: 51.1%Labour, 2001: 45.2%Labour, 2005: 36.2%Labour, 2010: 33.4%Labour, 2015: 19.9%Labour, 2017: 26.0%Labour, 2019: 13.4%Scottish National Party, 1970: 8.9%Scottish National Party, February 1974: 39.5%Scottish National Party, October 1974: 47.7%Scottish National Party, 1979: 41.0%Scottish National Party, 1983: 43.8%Scottish National Party, 1987: 40.1%Scottish National Party, 1992: 33.4%Scottish National Party, 1997: 26.5%Scottish National Party, 2001: 31.4%Scottish National Party, 2005: 37.2%Scottish National Party, 2010: 37.8%Scottish National Party, 2015: 59.7%Scottish National Party, 2017: 42.8%Scottish National Party, 2019: 53.8%Conservative, 1955: 45.7%Conservative, 1959: 45.7%Conservative, 1964: 45.2%Conservative, 1966: 43.7%Conservative, 1970: 42.4%Conservative, February 1974: 26.3%Conservative, October 1974: 16.8%Conservative, 1979: 18.2%Conservative, 1983: 15.5%Conservative, 1987: 12.9%Conservative, 1992: 17.8%Conservative, 1997: 15.8%Conservative, 2001: 12.1%Conservative, 2005: 12.8%Conservative, 2010: 15.2%Conservative, 2015: 15.0%Conservative, 2017: 27.4%Conservative, 2019: 24.3%National Liberal, 1950: 44.4%National Liberal, 1951: 46.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 4.1%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 4.1%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 8.6%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 11.4%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 10.6%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.9%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 3.8%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 7.9%
Vote share in Dundee East at each general election Lab SNP Con Nat Lib LD

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Dundee East (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019SNP Stewart HosieCon13,37529.568.4%SNP hold
2017SNP Stewart HosieCon6,64515.565.2%SNP hold
2015SNP Stewart HosieLab19,16239.871.0%SNP hold
2010SNP Stewart HosieLab1,8214.562.0%SNP hold
2005SNPLab3831.058.2%
2001LabSNP4,46613.857.3%Lab hold
1997LabSNP9,96124.669.3%
1992LabSNP4,56410.772.1%Lab hold
1987LabSNP1,0152.275.9%Lab gain from SNP
1983SNPLab5,01610.872.9%
1979SNPLab2,5195.077.7%SNP hold
October 1974SNPLab6,98315.173.4%SNP hold
February 1974SNPLab2,9665.881.1%
1970LabCon2,7986.076.4%Lab hold
1966LabCon5,72612.678.8%Lab hold
1964LabCon4,5639.680.0%Lab hold
1959LabCon4,1818.782.6%Lab hold
1955LabCon4,0408.682.3%
1951LabNat Lib3,8057.787.2%Lab hold
1950LabNat Lib4,3478.988.6%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Dundee East?

Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) won Dundee East at the 2019 general election with a majority of 13,375.

Which parties have won Dundee East?

At the 20 general elections held under this name since 1950: Labour 11, Scottish National Party 9.

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