Fife Council elections

Fife Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a regional council

Year SNP Labour Liberal[a] Conservative Communist Independent
1974 0 26 0 10 1 5[b]
1978 1 24 0 14 1 2
1982[c] 1 27 4 10 1 2
1986 2 30 8 4 1 1
1990 2 30 10 2 1 1
1994[d] 4 28 12 0 1 1
  1. ^ Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1995.
  2. ^ Includes 2 Ratepayers.
  3. ^ New ward boundaries.[1]
  4. ^ New ward boundaries.[2]

As a unitary authority

Year SNP Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Communist Independent
1995 9 52 24 0 1 2
1999[a] 9 43 21 1 1 4[b]
2003 11 36 23 2 0 6
2007[c] 23 24 21 5 0 5
2012 26 35 10 3 0 4
2017[d] 29 24 7 15 0 0
2022 34 20 13 8 0 0
  1. ^ New ward boundaries.[3]
  2. ^ Includes 1 Independent Labour.
  3. ^ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
  4. ^ New ward boundaries.[4]

Results maps

  • 1982 results map
  • 1986 results map
  • 1990 results map
  • 1994 results map
  • 1995 results map
  • 1999 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2017 results map
  • 2022 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South By-Election 10 June 2004[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 462 38.2 −8.0
SNP 319 26.3 +26.3
Independent 297 24.5 +24.5
Scottish Socialist 72 5.9 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 24 2.0 −0.5
Conservative 19 1.6 −1.2
Scottish Senior Citizens 18 1.5 +1.5
Majority 143 11.8
Turnout 1,211
Labour hold Swing
Cupar North By-Election 11 November 2004[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 443 34.4 −20.7
Independent 379 29.4 +29.4
Conservative 342 26.5 +1.2
SNP 54 4.2 +4.2
Scottish Socialist 40 3.1 −5.2
Labour 31 2.4 −8.9
Majority 64 5.0
Turnout 1,289
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Auchtertool and Burntisland East By-Election 29 September 2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP 609 46.7 +21.9
Labour 321 24.6 −4.1
Independent 249 19.1 +19.1
Liberal Democrats 71 5.4 −11.3
Conservative 54 4.1 +4.1
Majority 288 22.1
Turnout 1,304
SNP gain from Independent Swing
Markinch and Woodside East By-Election 28 September 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John Beare[9] 892 55.7 +26.1
Labour 388 24.2 −34.0
Liberal Democrats 257 16.1 +10.5
Conservative 39 2.4 −4.2
Independent 25 1.6 +1.6
Majority 504 31.5
Turnout 1,601
SNP gain from Labour Swing

2012-2017

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch By-Election 20 June 2013[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour John Wincott 45.8 1,896 1,927 1,966 2,095
SNP Keith Grieve 41.3 1,711 1,724 1,761 1,814
Conservative Allan Smith 6.6 272 287 335  
UKIP Peter Taggerty 4.3 176 184    
Liberal Democrats Harry Wills 2.0 83      
Labour hold
Valid: 4,138   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 2,070   Turnout: 4,163  
Dunfermline South By-Election 24 October 2013[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Billy Pollock 39.7 2,552 2,568 2,618 2,697 3,170 4,086
SNP Helen Cannon-Todd 32.0 2,057 2,075 2,112 2,142 2,358  
Liberal Democrats Robin Munro 15.7 1,009 1,029 1,073 1,257    
Conservative David Ross 7.0 450 497 504      
Green Angela Dixon 2.8 183 201        
UKIP Judith Rideout 2.8 183          
Labour hold
Valid: 6,434   Quota: 3,217  
Cowdenbeath By-Election 22 May 2014[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Gary Guichan 61.5 2,039
SNP Connor Watt 25.2 834
UKIP Judith Rideout 8.4 277
Conservative John Wheatley 4.9 164
Labour hold
Valid: 3,314  
The Lochs By-Election 22 May 2014[13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Alex Campbell 65.9 2,042
SNP Lesley Backhouse 24.3 753
UKIP Martin Green 5.2 162
Conservative Jonathan Gray 4.6 141
Labour hold
Valid: 3,098   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 3,150  
Kirkcaldy East By-Election 22 January 2015[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Marie Penman 47.3 1,460 1,464 1,466 1,472 1,484 1,553
Labour Liz Easton 35.3 1,088 1,088 1,091 1,097 1,120 1,148
Conservative Edgar Cook 7.2 223 224 225 231 266 274
Green Claire Reid 4.1 126 129 132 138 150  
UKIP Peter Adams 3.8 117 117 120 123    
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 1.3 40 40 41      
Independent Ronald Hunter 0.6 19 21        
Independent Alastair MacIntyre 0.4 12          
SNP hold
Valid: 3,085   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 1,543   Turnout: 3,126  
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie By-Election 26 March 2015[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Craig Walker 55.3 2,539
Labour Alan Seath 35.8 1,643
Conservative John Wheatley 4.4 202
UKIP Martin Green 3.2 146
Liberal Democrats Jane Ann Liston 1.3 61
SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 4,591  
Dunfermline South By-Election 7 May 2015[16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Fay Sinclair 51.5 5,899
Labour Andrew Verrecchia 27.8 3,185
Conservative David Ross 11.6 1,324
Liberal Democrats James Calder 9.1 1,041
SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 11,449   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 5,725   Turnout: 11,581  
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie By-Election 1 October 2015[17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Julie Ford 59.0 2,235
Labour Alan Seath 31.9 1,207
Conservative Jonathan Gray 6.2 234
Green Lorna Ross 3.0 113
SNP hold
Valid: 3,789   Quota: 1,895  
Dunfermline North By-Election 26 November 2015[18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Ian Ferguson 43.5 1,056 1,062 1,083 1,122 1,144 1,337
Labour Joe Long 29.6 719 722 733 805 912  
Conservative James Reekie 12.5 304 319 321 389    
Liberal Democrats James Calder 9.5 230 235 253      
Green Lewis Campbell 2.6 63 72        
UKIP Chloanne Dodds 2.4 58          
SNP hold
Valid: 2,430   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,216   Turnout: 2,450  
Rosyth By-Election 26 November 2015[19]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Sharon Wilson 45.2 1,214 1,235 1,241 1,249 1,263 1,286 1,623
Labour Vikki Fairweather 34.5 926 939 950 966 1,012 1,117  
Conservative David Ross 9.1 245 246 256 281 309    
Liberal Democrats Matthew Hall 3.6 97 102 112 122      
UKIP Colin Mitchelson 3.3 88 90 97        
Independent Alastair MacIntyre 2.5 66 68          
Green Cairinne MacDonald 1.9 51            
SNP hold
Valid: 2,687   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 1,344   Turnout: 2,709  
The Lochs By-Election 25 August 2016[20]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Mary Bain Lockhart 47.1 1,318 1,329 1,365 1,459
SNP Lea McLelland 38.6 1,079 1,091 1,106 1,124
Conservative Malcolm McDonald 9.6 270 275 280  
Communist Thomas Kirby 3.1 86 89    
Green Bradford Oliver 1.6 45      
Labour gain from Independent
Valid: 2,798   Quota: 1,400  
Leven, Kennoway and Largo By-Election 15 December 2016[21]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Alistair Suttie 37.0 1,501 1,532 1,615 1,668 2,214
Labour Colin Davidson 28.4 1,155 1,169 1,302 1,620  
Conservative Graham Ritchie 18.5 752 754 954    
Liberal Democrats Steve Wood 14.3 580 590      
Green Iain Morrice 1.8 74        
SNP hold
Valid: 4,062   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 2,032   Turnout: 4,090  

2017-2022

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay By-Election 6 September 2018[22]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Dave Coleman 37.3 2,309 2,312 2,316 2,330 2,455 2,615 2,839 3,244
SNP Neale Hanvey 28.1 1,741 1,741 1,744 1,840 1,950 2,076 2,327  
Labour Billy Pollock 12.0 744 746 747 794 867 1,058    
Liberal Democrats Callum Hawthorne 9.1 566 568 573 631 738      
Independent Peter Collins 8.4 521 524 545 565        
Green Mags Hall 4.2 257 257 258          
Independent Alastair MacIntyre 0.6 40 41            
Scottish Libertarian Calum Paul 0.2 13              
Conservative gain from Labour
Valid: 6,191   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 3,096   Turnout: 6,239  
Dunfermline Central By-Election 14 November 2019[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Derek Glen 33.2 1,526 1,528 1,628 1,761 1,798 2,297
Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder 22.8 1,050 1,053 1,117 1,343 1,796  
Conservative Chloe Dodds 24.8 1,142 1,150 1,150 1,202    
Labour Michael Boyd 13.5 621 624 656      
Green Fiona McOwan 5.1 235 237        
Scottish Libertarian Keith Chamberlain 0.6 28          
SNP gain from Conservative
Valid: 4,602   Quota: 2,302  
Rosyth By-election 14 November 2019[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Sharon Green-Wilson 42.8 1,347 1,347 1,406 1,429 1,486 1,639
Conservative Margaret Fairgrieve 24.4 768 771 774 822 885 976
Labour Billy Pollock 15.2 480 480 498 526 591  
Liberal Democrats Jill Blair 7.9 249 250 275 291    
Independent Alastair MacIntyre 5.0 157 162 168      
Green Craig McCutcheon 4.2 132 133        
Scottish Libertarian Calum Paul 0.5 16          
SNP hold
Valid: 3,149   Quota: 1,575  

2022-2027

West Fife and Coastal Villages By-Election 28 November 2024[24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Karen Beaton 33.1 881 882 890 921 1,010 1,147 1,474
SNP Paul Steele 33.1 879 887 896 944 985 1,015  
Conservative David Ross 16.0 426 434 444 449 516    
Liberal Democrats Paul Buchanan-Quigley 8.5 227 232 246 279      
Green Fiona McOwan 4.8 128 130 141        
Independent George Morton 2.4 64 77          
Scottish Family Danny Smith 1.9 53            
Labour hold
Valid: 2,658   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 1,330   Turnout: 2,684  
Glenrothes Central and Thornton By-Election 24 April 2025[25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Lynda Holton 47.6 1,439 1,451 1,489 1,623
Labour Maciej Dokurno 21.5 649 674 753 878
Reform Ian Smith 17.9 541 591 652  
Liberal Democrats Ed Scotcher 6.9 207 257    
Conservative Fiona Leslie 6.1 185      
SNP hold
Valid: 3,021   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,511   Turnout: 3,084  
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages By-Election 6 November 2025[26]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Anne Marie Caldwell 42.6 1,594 1,604 1,608 1,646 1,674 1,900
Reform Mark Davies 28.9 1,080 1,088 1,102 1,113 1,126 1,220
Labour Donna Donnelly 20.8 778 779 783 793 826  
Liberal Democrats Jill Reilly 2.6 99 103 112 119    
Alba Christine Watson 2.2 83 90 92      
Conservative Brian Mills 1.7 64 64        
Sovereignty Kieran Anderson 1.2 45          
SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 3,743   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 1,872   Turnout: 3,774  

References

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  2. ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Fife Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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