The placeConstituency · Scotland · 2010 boundaries

Dunfermline and West Fife.

Scottish National Party MP Douglas Chapman holds the seat.

Member of ParliamentDouglas Chapman · Scottish National Party
Boundary set2010
ONS codeS14000017
Electorate · 2024
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A decade in Westminster has left almost no recent trace for this SNP member. Douglas Chapman, who has represented Dunfermline and West Fife since 2015, shows zero recorded participation in divisions, no speech data, and no notable news coverage in the available period -- making it difficult to characterise any current parliamentary activity at all.

Without voting or speech records to draw on, there is no pattern to assess. No rebel votes, no committee roles, and no identifiable policy focus emerge from the data. Whether this reflects a gap in data coverage or a genuine period of low activity at Westminster cannot be determined from the available information alone.

It is worth noting that SNP MPs operate under a distinct strategic context -- the party's primary legislative focus is Holyrood, and Westminster attendance can vary considerably depending on political circumstance. Chapman's constituency is in Scotland, despite the dataset labelling it under England. Constituents seeking a fuller picture of his work would be better served by checking his Holyrood-facing activity, local casework record, or the Scottish Parliament's own resources, as the parliamentary data available here is either absent or insufficient to support meaningful conclusions.

§ 06Election history.4 contests · created on 2010 boundaries

2019 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Douglas ChapmanWONSNP23,72744.4
Cara HiltonLab13,02824.4
Moira BennyCon11,20720.9
Rebecca BellLD4,2628.0
Mags HallGrn1,2582.4

Turnout 53,482

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2017Douglas ChapmanSNP35.5
2015Douglas ChapmanSNP50.3
2010Docherty, ThomasLab46.3
Sources, methods & last update
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BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2010 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission