# Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumbarton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of West Dunbartonshire, with Helensburgh joining Argyll and Bute.
The Dumbarton constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries, continues to exist.

## Boundaries

It consisted of the towns of Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, and Helensburgh, plus a significant rural hinterland.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1983 | Ian Campbell | Labour |
| | 1987 | John McFall | Labour Co-operative |
| 2005 | 2005 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Dumbarton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Campbell | 15,810 | 36.7 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Iain Lawson | 13,695 | 31.8 | −2.0 |
| | SDP | Robert Sawyer | 9,813 | 22.8 | New |
| | SNP | Ian Bayne | 3,768 | 8.7 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,115 | 4.9 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,086 | 75.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1987: Dumbarton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John McFall | 19,778 | 43.0 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Graham | 14,556 | 31.7 | −0.1 |
| | SDP | Richard Mowbray | 6,060 | 13.2 | −9.6 |
| | SNP | Jenny Herriot | 5,564 | 12.1 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,222 | 11.3 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,958 | 77.9 | +2.8 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Dumbarton. :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John McFall | 19,255 | 43.6 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Begg | 13,126 | 29.8 | −1.9 |
| | SNP | Bill McKechnie | 8,127 | 18.4 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Morrison | 3,425 | 7.8 | −5.4 |
| | Natural Law | Diana Krass | 192 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,129 | 13.8 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,125 | 77.1 | −0.8 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
General election 1997: Dumbarton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John McFall | 20,470 | 49.6 | +6.0 |
| | SNP | William McKechnie | 9,587 | 23.2 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 7,283 | 17.6 | −12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 3,144 | 7.6 | −0.2 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Leslie Robertson | 283 | 0.7 | New |
| | Referendum | George Dempster | 255 | 0.6 | New |
| | UKIP | Robert Lancaster | 242 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,883 | 26.4 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,264 | 73.4 | −3.7 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Dumbarton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John McFall | 16,151 | 47.5 | −2.1 |
| | SNP | Iain Robertson | 6,576 | 19.3 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Thompson | 5,265 | 15.5 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 4,648 | 13.7 | −3.9 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Leslie Robertson | 1,354 | 4.0 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,575 | 28.2 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,994 | 61.1 | −12.3 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |