Dunfermline West was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).

The constituency included all of the town of Dunfermline and some land on the north bank of the Firth of Forth.

Today, textiles, engineering and synthetic material manufacturing are the primary industries.

Like its neighbour, Dunfermline East, the constituency was one of Labour’s safest seats in Scotland.

In a 2006 by-election, however, the Liberal Democrats won the equivalent Westminster seat, and they proceeded to win the Holyrood seat in 2007 as well, calling into question Labour's future as a dominant party in the area.