North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

North East Fife
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate56,669 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish Liberal Democrats
MSPWillie Rennie
Council areaFife

North East Fife is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife.[2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3] As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the constituency will be renamed Fife North East to avoid confusion with the North East Fife constituency of the UK Parliament.[4]

The seat has been held since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election by Willie Rennie, the former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Electoral region

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.[3] The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.[5]

Constituency boundaries and council area

The seat is one of five representing Fife the Scottish Parliament with the other four being Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, and Mid Fife and Glenrothes.[2]

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing UK House of Commons constituency. Since the 2005, however, UK and Scottish parliamentary constituencies have diverged, and there is no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries.[6]

The boundaries of the seat were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election as part of the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. The following electoral wards of Fife Council were used to define the reshaped North East Fife constituency:[7]

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were unchanged, however from the 2026 Scottish Parliament election onwards the constituency will be renamed Fife North East to avoid confusion with the North East Fife constituency of the UK Parliament.[4]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Iain Smith Liberal Democrats
2011 Roderick Campbell SNP
2016 Willie Rennie Liberal Democrats

Election results

2020s

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Fife North East
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Stefan Hoggan-Radu
Conservative Edward Sheasby
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout


2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife[8][9]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie[a] 22,163 55.1 11.2 11,728 29.1 2.5
SNP Rhuaraidh Fleming 14,715 36.6 2.9 12,484 30.9 0.9
Conservative Rhona Metcalfe 2,323 5.8 10.8 8,108 20.1 4.1
Green 4,068 10.1 2.3
Labour Wendy Hayes 1,056 2.6 3.3 2,425 6.0 1.1
Alba 585 1.4 New
All for Unity 303 0.8 New
Scottish Family 214 0.5 New
Scottish Libertarian 111 0.3 0.1
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 110 0.3 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 73 0.2 New
Reform 71 0.2 New
UKIP 35 0.1 1.5
Independent Martin Keatings 32 0.1 New
Renew 11 0.0 New
Independent Mercy Kamanja 5 0.0 New
Majority 7,448 18.5 8.4
Valid Votes 40,257 40,363
Invalid Votes 159 53
Turnout 40,416 68.9 5.7 40,416 68.9 5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 7.1
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife[9]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie[a] 14,928 43.8 15.4 9,054 26.5 9.3
SNP Roderick Campbell[b] 11,463 33.7 3.5 10,860 31.8 7.5
Conservative Huw Bell 5,646 16.6 2.3 8,260 24.2 5.7
Green 2,665 7.8 0.5
Labour Rosalind Garton 2,026 5.9 6.3 2,427 7.1 4.7
UKIP 553 1.6 1.3
Scottish Libertarian 139 0.4 New
RISE 102 0.3 New
Solidarity 71 0.2 0.1
Majority 3,465 10.1 N/A
Valid Votes 34,063 34,131
Invalid Votes 101 48
Turnout 34,164 63.2 12.5 34,179 63.2 12.5
Liberal Democrats gain from SNP Swing 8.4
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife[10][9][11][12]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Roderick Campbell 11,029 37.2 N/A 11,699 39.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith[a] 8,437 28.4 N/A 5,120 17.2 N/A
Conservative Miles Briggs 5,618 18.9 N/A 5,507 18.5 N/A
Labour Colin Davidson 3,613 12.2 N/A 3,503 11.8 N/A
Green 2,188 7.4 N/A
UKIP Mike Scott-Hayward 979 3.3 N/A 565 1.9 N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 487 1.6 N/A
BNP 166 0.6 N/A
Independent Andrew Roger 133 0.4 N/A
Socialist Labour 83 0.3 N/A
Scottish Socialist 127 0.4 N/A
CPA 85 0.3 N/A
Scottish Christian 63 0.2 N/A
Solidarity 23 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,592 8.8 N/A
Valid Votes 29,676 29,749
Invalid Votes 156 112
Turnout 29,835 50.7 N/A 29,861 50.7 N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,307 42.2 −3.8
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,291 26.3 −2.5
SNP Roderick Campbell 6,735 21.4 +8.9
Labour Kenny Young 2,557 8.1 +0.1
Independent Tony Campbell 662 2.1 New
Majority 5,016 15.9 −1.3
Turnout 31,552 51.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.7
2003 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,479 46.0 +7.2
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,424 28.8 +5.1
SNP Capre Ross-Williams 3,660 12.5 −6.2
Labour Gregor Poynton 2,353 8.0 −6.4
Scottish Socialist Carlo Morelli 1,366 4.7 New
Majority 5,055 17.2 +3.1
Turnout 29,282 49.9 −8.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.5

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,590 37.8 N/A
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,526 23.7 N/A
SNP Colin Welsh 6,373 17.7 N/A
Labour Charles Milne 5,175 14.4 N/A
Independent Donald MacGregor 1,540 4.3 N/A
Independent Robert Beveridge 737 2.1 N/A
Majority 5,064 14.1 N/A
Turnout 35,941 58.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Citations

  1. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
  2. ^ a b Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140-142.
  3. ^ a b Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ^ a b Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108.
  5. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  6. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Fife North East". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  10. ^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - Scotland - Fife North East". BBC News.
  11. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  12. ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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