UK general elections2015 › Dunfermline and West Fife

Dunfermline and West Fife — 2015

Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party) was elected with 28,096 votes50.3% of 55,890 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,890

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Douglas Chapman Scottish National Party 28,09650.3%+0.3 ptsElected
2Thomas Docherty Labour Party 17,74431.7%
3James Reekie Conservative Party 6,62311.9%
4Gillian Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrats 2,2324.0%
5Lewis Campbell Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,1952.1%

Electorate 78,037 · Turnout 71.6% · Majority 10,352 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.