# Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dundee City East (Gaelic: Baile Dhùn Dè an Ear) 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 East. Since creation it has been held by Shona Robison of the Scottish National Party; Robison had previously served as the member for Dundee East since the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.

## Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast and Dundee City West.
The region covers all of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City and part of Moray.

## Constituency boundaries and council area

The Dundee City council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Dundee City East and Dundee City West.
A Dundee East constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the existing Westminster constituency. In 2005 the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration, and no longer correspond to Holyrood constituencies. The current Holyrood boundaries were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with the former Dundee East being renamed and redrawn slightly to exclude the 'Hebrides' neighbourhood at Claverhouse just west of the A90 road and include new housing developments north of the A92 road near Barnhill. The constituency consists of the following electoral wards:
* In full: East End, The Ferry
* In part: Coldside, Maryfield, North East (shared with Dundee City West)

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2011 | Shona Robison | Scottish National Party |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Shona Robison | 19,230 | 59.2 | 1.1 | 16,403 | 50.4 | 2.8 |
| | Labour | Owen Wright | 5,893 | 18.1 | 1.6 | 5,201 | 16.0 | 1.9 |
| | Conservative | Philip Scott | 5,630 | 17.3 | 0.2 | 5,699 | 17.5 | 0.4 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 2,267 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Crichton | 1,431 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1,067 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 810 | 2.5 | New |
| | TUSC | Wayne Scott | 287 | 0.9 | 0.6 | | | |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 261 | 0.8 | New |
| | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | 246 | 0.8 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 193 | 0.6 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 83 | 0.3 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 81 | 0.2 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 63 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 49 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 44 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | 36 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | 29 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | 15 | 0.0 | New |
| | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | 5 | 0.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,337 | 41.1 | 2.8 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 32,471 | | | 32,552 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 155 | | | 62 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,626 | 58.6 | 6.9 | 32,614 | 58.6 | 6.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Shona Robison | 16,509 | 58.1 | 6.1 | 15,159 | 53.2 | 3.2 |
| | Labour | Richard McCready | 5,611 | 19.7 | 3.1 | 5,109 | 17.9 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative | Bill Bowman | 4,969 | 17.5 | 7.6 | 5,095 | 17.9 | 7.5 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,475 | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Duncan | 911 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 691 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 471 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| | TUSC | Leah Ganley | 437 | 1.5 | New | | | |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 152 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 137 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 77 | 0.3 | New |
| | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | 64 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 50 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 23 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,898 | 38.4 | 3.0 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 28,437 | | | 28,503 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 108 | | | 63 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,545 | 51.7 | 4.1 | 28,566 | 51.7 | 4.5 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 4.6 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee City East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Shona Robison | 16,541 | 64.2 | N/A | 14,418 | 56.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mohammed Asif | 5,862 | 22.8 | N/A | 5,643 | 22.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brian Docherty | 2,550 | 9.9 | N/A | 2,664 | 10.4 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 763 | 3.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Petrie | 800 | 3.1 | N/A | 593 | 2.3 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 524 | 2.0 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 207 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 191 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 179 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 153 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 127 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 54 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | 8 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | 1 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | Others | Others | Others | Others | Others | 57 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,679 | 41.4 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 25,753 | | | 25,582 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 139 | | | 118 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,892 | 47.6 | N/A | 25,700 | 47.2 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for the Dundee East constituency |||||||||