- Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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Mid Scotland and Fife
Scottish Parliament electoral regionThe Mid Scotland and Fife region
shown within ScotlandCreated
1999Current representation Scottish National Party 9 MSPs Labour Party 4 MSPs Conservative 2 MSP Liberal Democrats 1 MSPs Constituencies
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Mid Fife and Glenrothes
North East Fife
Perthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
StirlingCouncil areas
Angus (part)
Clackmannanshire
Fife
Perth and Kinross (part)
StirlingMid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, West of Scotland, Highlands and Islands and North East Scotland regions, and is connected with the Lothians region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.
Contents
Constituencies and council areas 2011 onwards
The constituencies were created in 2011.
Constituency Map - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
- Cowdenbeath
- Dunfermline
- Kirkcaldy
- Mid Fife and Glenrothes
- North East Fife
- Perthshire North
- Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
- Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members and one additional members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)
Constituency results
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency Elected member Result Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown SNP hold Cowdenbeath Helen Eadie Labour hold Dunfermline Bill Walker SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Fife Mid and Glenrothes Tricia Marwick SNP hold Fife North East Roderick Campbell SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Kirkcaldy David Torrance SNP gain from Labour Perthshire North John Swinney SNP hold Perthshire South & Kinross-shire Roseanna Cunningham SNP hold Stirling Bruce Crawford SNP gain from Labour Additional member results
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−% SNP Annabelle Ewing 1 ±0 116,691 45.2% +12.7% Labour John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson3 0 64,623 25.0% -2.1% Conservative Murdo Fraser
Elizabeth Smith2 -1 36,458 14.1% -1.5% Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie 1 +1 15,103 5.9% -7.7% Scottish Green 0 0 10,914 4.2% +0.5% All Scotland Pensioners Party 0 0 4,113 1.6% -0.4 UKIP 0 0 2,838 1.1% +0.5% Socialist Labour 0 0 1,771 0.7% +0.1% BNP 0 0 1,726 0.7% -0.3% Independent 0 0 1,446 0.6% N/A Scottish Socialist 0 0 834 0.3% -0.1% Scottish Christian 0 0 786 0.3% -0.3% Christian Peoples 0 0 638 0.2% 0 Solidarity 0 0 202 0.1% -0.8% Constituencies and council areas pre-2011
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.[1] The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas,[2] the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.
The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.
Constituency Map - Dunfermline East covers a south-western portion of the Fife council area.
- Dunfermline West covers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East.
- Fife Central covers a central portion of the Fife council area.
- Fife North East covers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area.
- Kirkcaldy covers a southern portion of the Fife council area.
- North Tayside covers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area.
- Ochil covers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area.
- Perth covers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
- Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area.
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
- 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)
Constituency results
Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency Elected member Result Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Labour Dunfermline West Jim Tolson Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Fife Central Tricia Marwick SNP gain from Labour Fife North East Iain Smith Liberal Democrats Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Labour North Tayside John Swinney SNP Ochil Keith Brown SNP Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP Stirling Bruce Crawford SNP gain from Labour Additional member results
Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−% SNP Chris Harvie 1 -1 90,090 33.0% +10% Labour John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson3 +3 71,922 26.3% +1.0% Conservative Murdo Fraser
Elizabeth Smith
Ted Brocklebank3 ±0 44,341 16.2% -1.3% Liberal Democrats 0 -1 36,195 13.2% +1.2% Scottish Green 0 -1 10,318 3.8% -3.1% Scottish Senior Citizens 0 0 5,523 2.0% N/A BNP 0 0 2,620 1.0% N/A Solidarity 0 0 2,468 0.9% N/A Scottish Christian 0 0 1,698 0.6% N/A UKIP 0 0 1,587 0.6% -0.4% Socialist Labour 0 0 1,523 0.6% -0.4% Publican Party 0 0 1,309 0.5% N/A Scottish Socialist 0 0 1,116 0.4% -4.2% Scottish Voice 0 0 919 0.3% N/A Christian Peoples 0 0 790 0.3% N/A Free Scotland 0 0 664 0.2% N/A 2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
- 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency Elected member Result Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Labour Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Labour Fife Central Christine May Labour Fife North East Iain Smith Liberal Democrats Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Labour North Tayside John Swinney SNP Ochil George Reid SNP Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP Stirling Sylvia Jackson Labour Additional member results
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−% Labour 0 0 63,239 25.3% -8.0% SNP Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick2 −1 57,631 23.0% -5.7% Conservative Murdo Fraser
Brian Monteith
Ted Brocklebank3 ±0 43,941 17.6% -1.0% Liberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1 ±0 30,112 12.0% -0.7% Scottish Green Mark Ruskell 1 +1 17,147 6.9% +3.0% Scottish Socialist 0 0 11,401 4.6% +3.6% Scottish Pensioners 0 0 8,380 3.4% N/A Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures 0 0 5,064 2.0% N/A Save Local Hospitals 0 0 4,622 1.9% N/A UKIP 0 0 2,355 0.9% N/A Socialist Labour 0 0 2,273 0.9% -0.5% Scottish People's 0 0 1,191 0.5% N/A Christian Independent Alliance 0 0 1,064 0.4% N/A Independent 0 0 996 0.4% N/A Independent 0 0 637 0.3% N/A Changes:
- Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January, 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
- Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
Constituency results
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency Elected member Result Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Labour Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Labour Fife Central Henry McLeish Labour Fife North East Iain Smith Liberal Democrats Kirkaldy Marilyn Livingstone Labour North Tayside John Swinney SNP Ochil Richard Simpson Labour Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP Stirling Sylvia Jackson Labour Additional member results
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−% Labour 0 N/A 101,964 33.3% N/A SNP George Reid
Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick3 N/A 87,659 28.7% N/A Conservative Keith Harding
Nick Johnston
Brian Monteith3 N/A 56,719 18.6% N/A Liberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1 N/A 38,896 12.7% N/A Scottish Green 0 N/A 11,821 3.9% N/A Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,266 1.4% N/A Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 3,044 1.0% N/A ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 735 0.2% N/A Natural Law 0 N/A 558 0.2% N/A Changes:
- Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on August 10, 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.
Footnotes
- ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
- ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.
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