West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Dunbartonshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of West Dunbartonshire in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandScotland
Major settlementsAlexandria, Balloch, Clydebank, Dalmuir, Drumry, Dumbarton
Current constituency
Created2005
Member of ParliamentMartin Docherty-Hughes (SNP)
SeatsOne
Created fromDumbarton
Clydebank & Milngavie
19501983
SeatsOne
Created fromDunbartonshire
Dumbarton Burghs
Replaced byDumbarton[1]

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 and covers the same area as the county of West Dunbartonshire.

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 Martin Docherty-Hughes of the Scottish National Party, who was elected at the 2015 general election and was re-elected at the 2017 general election and 2019 general election.

  1. ^ "'Dunbartonshire West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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