Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dundee City West
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Dundee City West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population77,779 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPJoe FitzPatrick
Council areaDundee City
Created fromDundee West

Dundee City West (Gaelic: Baile Dhùn Dè an Iar) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Dundee City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and largely replaced the previous seat of Dundee West. Since creation it has been held by Joe FitzPatrick of the Scottish National Party; FitzPatrick had previously served as the member for Dundee West since the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

  1. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)]". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.