Dundee City East (Gaelic: Baile Dhùn Dè an Ear) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the Dundee City council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also 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.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and largely replaced the previous seat of Dundee East. It has been held by Stephen Gethins of the Scottish National Party since the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen Deeside 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 the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
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, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of the existing Dundee East constituency of the UK Parliament. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the boundaries used for elections to the UK Parliament were subject to some alteration, whilst being retained for elections to the Scottish Parliament. There is now no longer any link between the two sets of constituencies. New Scottish Parliament boundaries were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with Dundee East being renamed Dundee City East, with borders 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.Dundee East 1999-2011, Local Government Boundary Commission for ScotlandDundee City East - from 2011, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland The seat was unaffected by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, remaining unchanged for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 79-81. The constituency comprises the following wards of Dundee City Council:
In full: East End, The Ferry In part: Coldside, Maryfield, North East (all shared with Dundee City West)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election Member Party2011 Shona RobisonScottish National Party2026 Stephen GethinsScottish National Party
Election results
2020s
2010s
See also Politics of Dundee
References Citations
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See also Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)
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