UK Explained

Dunfermline and Dollar

Represented in Parliament by Graeme Downie (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Graeme Downie, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Dunfermline and Dollar compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 219 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £786£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Dunfermline and Dollar£7862.7%
Newark£7862.7%
Harwich and North Essex£7772.7%
West Worcestershire£7842.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Graeme Downie

Labour

MAJORITY
8,241

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Graeme Downie won with 46% of the votes, and Naz Anis-Miah (Scottish National Party) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 20,336
Scottish National Party27% · 12,095
Conservative7% · 3,297
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,181
Reform UK6% · 2,887
Scottish Green Party5% · 2,078
Everyone else1% · 663
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Graeme DownieLabour20,33645.7%
Naz Anis-MiahScottish National Party12,09527.2%
Thomas HealdConservative3,2977.4%
Lauren Buchanan-QuigleyLiberal Democrat3,1817.1%
Udo van den BrockReform UK2,8876.5%
Ryan BlackadderScottish Green Party2,0784.7%
Graham HadleyIndependent3240.7%
Danny SmithScottish Family Party2510.6%
George MortonIndependent880.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£786 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026