Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dunfermline East | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Dunfermline East in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| Major settlements | Cowdenbeath |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Central Fife Dunfermline |
| Replaced by | Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Dunfermline & West Fife Glenrothes |
Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Central Fife and Dunfermline. It was abolished for the 2005 general election as part of a major revision in the composition of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.
Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The remaining parts of the seat were moved to the new Dunfermline and West Fife and Glenrothes constituencies.
The constituency's name was something of a misnomer as it never included any part of the town of Dunfermline, all of which was located in the Dunfermline West seat. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.
The seat's sole representative from its establishment for the 1983 General Election to its disestablishment in 2005 was Gordon Brown, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1997 and 2007, and would be would be elected to represent Dunfermline East's replacement constituency of Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath at the 2005 General Election, the constituency of which he would serve from as Prime Minister between 2007 and 2010.
1983–1997: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour/Dalgety Bay/North Queensferry, Ballingry/Lochore, Cowdenbeath/Gray Park, Dunfermline/Rosyth, Hill of Beath/Crossgates/Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing/Rosyth, Kelty/Lumphinnans, and Lochgelly, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Auchterderran.
1997–2005: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour and Mossside, Benarty and Lumphinans, Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry, Kelty, Lochgelly, and Rosyth East and South, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Cardenden and Kinglassie.
Members of Parliament
The constituency's only MP was Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1992 to 1997 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, when he became Prime Minister.
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Gordon Brown | Labour | |