Mid Fife and Glenrothes is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is 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. Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the previous Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Mid Fife and Glenrothes | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Mid Fife and Glenrothes shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 69,415 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | SNP |
MSP | Jenny Gilruth |
Council area | Fife |
The seat has been held by Jenny Gilruth of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
editThe other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.[2]
These constituencies collectively cover the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area, the Perth and Kinross council area and the Stirling council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
editFife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife. The seat of Mid Fife and Glenrothes is formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:[3]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Tricia Marwick | SNP | |
Presiding Officer | |||
2016 | Jenny Gilruth | SNP |
Election results
edit2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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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 | |
Scottish 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 UK | 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 | |||||||
2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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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 | |
Scottish 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 |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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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 | |
Scottish 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
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References
edit- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 21. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Mid Fife & Glenrothes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
External links
edit- "Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2021.