Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency) Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency) Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Phil Wilson, of the Labour Party. Sedgefield has been continuously represented by Labour MPs since 1935. From 1983-2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, and Prime Minister in 1997. Blair resigned as Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party, and as the MP for Sedgefield in 2007, triggering a by-election which was retained for the Labour Party by Phil Wilson. Upon its abolition for the February 1974 general election, the constituency
Dunfermline East (Scottish Parliament constituency) once part of the Fife coalfield, on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. The region has economic troubles, and the closure of the Rosyth naval base and the troubles at the naval dockyard have not helped. Statistically, this was one of Labour’s safest seats in Scotland. In the House of Commons, there has been a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the area since 1950. Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister, was MP for the Dunfermline East Westminster constituency from 1983 to 2005. He is now MP for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency, where his majority at the