Dunfermline and Dollar: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Graeme Downie (Labour) is the MP for Dunfermline and Dollar, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Graeme Downie (Labour) won 20,336 votes, 45.7% of the valid vote; Naz Anis-Miah (Scottish National Party) came second with 12,095. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 61.2% (44,537 of 72,824); the winning margin was 8,241 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Dunfermline and Dollar has the 28th lowest share of children in low income families after housing costs of the 650 constituencies with this figure (12.4%).
In 2024/25, 12.4% of children under 16 in Dunfermline and Dollar (2,128) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 10.6% in 2024/25, from 13.4% in 2021/22.
2,875 business sites were registered in Dunfermline and Dollar in March 2026 (2,840 a year before), and employed 39,000 people in 2024.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £41,879 for jobs in Dunfermline and Dollar and £41,672 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £39,861. The residents' figure ranks 188th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 73.1% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.2 points. The economically inactive share was 20.5%.
1,585 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64. September 2025 had 1,430.
MP
Graeme Downie, Labour
- MP for Dunfermline and Dollar since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Graeme Downie on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Graeme Downie in Hansard, from 10 September 2026 to 26 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 281 spoken contributions by Graeme Downie since 4 July 2024.
Around 1,000 constituents in Dunfermline recently told me in a city centre survey that they were concerned about coming into the city centre, to places such as the bus station and the Kingsgate shopping centre, because of antisocial behaviour.
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8. What steps she is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.
As one of the people on the Labour Benches to call six months ago for a look at an adjustment of the triple lock, I can confirm that many of the people who approached me after I wrote about that were from the Opposition, saying that they wished their own party had had the …
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The Putin tax—the cost of Russian cyber and physical attacks on the UK—is costing the British taxpayer about £2.5 billion each year.
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As the Minister says, the UK is facing a growing range of threats for which people and businesses are not fully prepared, including climate change, cyber-attacks by hostile states and organised misinformation.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Downie | Labour | 20,336 | 45.7% | +22.1 |
| Naz Anis-Miah | Scottish National Party | 12,095 | 27.2% | −17.1 |
| Thomas Heald | Conservative | 3,297 | 7.4% | −14.0 |
| Lauren Buchanan-Quigley | Liberal Democrat | 3,181 | 7.1% | −1.3 |
| Udo van den Brock | Reform UK | 2,887 | 6.5% | +6.5 |
| Ryan Blackadder | Scottish Green Party | 2,078 | 4.7% | +2.4 |
| Graham Hadley | Independent | 324 | 0.7% | |
| Danny Smith | Scottish Family Party | 251 | 0.6% | |
| George Morton | Independent | 88 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from SNP. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 45.7% | Scottish National Party 27.2% | 8,241 | 61.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Scottish National Party 44.3% | Labour 23.6% | 10,073 | 68.7% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Dunfermline and Dollar covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Fife S12000047
- Clackmannanshire S12000005
Who has power over Dunfermline and Dollar
Every body that makes decisions for Dunfermline and Dollar, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Dunfermline and Dollar this page: Graeme Downie (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Dunfermline and Dollar?
UK Parliament lists Graeme Downie, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and Dollar since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Dunfermline and Dollar?
Graeme Downie (Labour) won with 20,336 votes, a majority of 8,241, on a turnout of 61.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Dunfermline and Dollar?
2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,585 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average salary in Dunfermline and Dollar?
Median full-time pay of residents was £41,672 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Dunfermline and Dollar live in low income families?
DWP counts 2,128 (12.4% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.