Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Mid Fife and Glenrothes
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Mid Fife and Glenrothes shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate54,098 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartySNP
MSPJenny Gilruth
Council areaFife

Mid Fife and Glenrothes is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It also forms one of the 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] Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the previous Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

The seat has been held by Jenny Gilruth of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

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, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.[3] The regions covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area, the Perth and Kinross council area and the Stirling council area.[4]

Constituency boundaries and council area

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, and Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

The seat was created as a result of the first first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2011, and covers the new town of Glenrothes, alongwith smaller settlements such as Largo, Leven, and Kennoway. The following electoral wards of Fife Council were used to define the constituency of Mid Fife and Glenrothes at this review:[5]

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were left unchanged.[6][2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
2011 Tricia Marwick SNP
Presiding Officer
2016 Jenny Gilruth SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes[7][8]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Jenny Gilruth[a] 18,115 55.4 0.9 15,877 48.5 2.1
Labour Altany Craik 7,881 24.1 1.4 6,326 19.3 2.9
Conservative David MacPhee 4,500 13.8 1.7 5,654 17.3 0.8
Green 1,787 5.5 1.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Liston 1,789 5.5 1.0 1,570 4.8 1.2
Alba 535 1.6 New
All for Unity 322 1.0 New
Scottish Family Steve Saunders 385 1.2 New 220 0.7 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 113 0.3 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 106 0.3 New
Scottish Libertarian 68 0.2 0.0
Reform 60 0.2 New
UKIP 41 0.1 2.0
Independent Martin Keatings 24 0.1 New
Renew 11 0.0 New
Independent Mercy Kamanja 3 0.0 New
Majority 10,234 31.3 2.3
Valid Votes 32,670 32,717
Invalid Votes 70 40
Turnout 32,740 59.9 6.1 32,757 59.9 6.1
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes[8]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Jenny Gilruth 15,555 54.5 2.2 14,495 50.6 0.9
Labour Kay Morrison 7,279 25.5 10.9 6,365 22.2 10.8
Conservative Alex Stewart-Clark 4,427 15.5 9.1 4,718 16.5 10.0
Green 1,140 4.0 2.1
Liberal Democrats Jane-Ann Liston 1,286 4.5 2.1 1,030 3.6 1.4
UKIP 603 2.1 1.3
Solidarity 121 0.4 0.4
RISE 91 0.3 New
Scottish Libertarian 58 0.2 New
Majority 8,276 29.0 13.1
Valid Votes 28,547 28,621
Invalid Votes 74 46
Turnout 28,621 53.8 4.6 28,667 53.8 4.6
SNP hold Swing
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Tricia Marwick[a] 13,761 52.3 N/A 13,099 49.7 N/A
Labour Claire Baker[a] 9,573 36.4 N/A 8,702 33.0 N/A
Conservative Allan Smith 1,676 6.4 N/A 1,713 6.5 N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens Jim Parker 673 2.6 N/A 587 2.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 630 2.4 N/A 575 2.2 N/A
Green 493 1.9 N/A
Independent Andrew Roger 316 1.2 N/A
Socialist Labour 229 0.9 N/A
BNP 210 0.8 N/A
UKIP 205 0.8 N/A
Scottish Socialist 81 0.3 N/A
Scottish Christian 76 0.3 N/A
CPA 54 0.2 N/A
Solidarity 12 0.0 N/A
Majority 4,188 15.9 N/A
Valid Votes 26,313 26,352
Invalid Votes 108 87
Turnout 26,421 49.2 N/A 26,439 49.2 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

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 142.
  3. ^ a b Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  5. ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108-111.
  7. ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Mid Fife & Glenrothes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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See also

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