Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the towns of Buckhaven and Methil, as well as the villages of East Wemyss, West Wemyss, and Coaltown of Wemyss.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Arthur Robertson (SNP)		Jim Young (Labour)		Tom Adams (Labour)		Andrew Roger (Ind.)
2012	John O'Brien (SNP)	David Graham (Labour)
2017			Ryan Smart (Labour)		Ken Caldwell (SNP)
2022			Thomas Adams (Labour)

Election results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 Fife Council election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Ken Caldwell (incumbent)	30%	1,532
	Labour	David Graham (incumbent)	24.4%	1,248
	SNP	John O'Brien (incumbent)	17.4%	890	1,037.4
	Labour	Thomas Adams	15.8%	809	838.3	881.9	1,052.9
	Conservative	Brian Mills	6.5%	330	333.3	336.6	343.7
	Liberal Democrats	Celyn Ashworth	2.3%	117	119.3	127.3	130.4
	Green	Jerome van Leeuwen	2.2%	113	124	193.6	196.7
	Alba	Susan Blair	1.3%	66	75.7	99.9	102.3
Electorate: 13,540  Valid: 5,105  Spoilt: 136  Quota: 1,022  Turnout: 38.7%

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2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Fife Council election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	David Graham (incumbent)	30.4	1,661
	SNP	John O'Brien (incumbent)	18.1	991	1,014.9	1,015.2	1,020.2	1,039.9	1,059.6	1,064.9	1,074.5	1,161.4
	SNP	Ken Caldwell	15.4	842	861.1	862.1	864.1	879.5	893.8	904.1	908.7	1,444.7
	SNP	Leslie Bain	11.6	635	646.6	648.9	653.3	664.3	673.6	682.9	686.7
	Conservative	Keith Barton	9.3	507	520.3	522.9	535.4	539.7	567.04
	Labour	Ryan Smart	9.1	498	914.5	918.8	935.6	946.6	999.4	1,195.6
	Independent	Ronald Hunter	2.5	137	148.3	184.9	195.9	214.9
	Green	Stephen Ferguson	1.4	78	83.5	93.1	100.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Roberson	1.1	62	69.5	70.5
	Independent	Eunice Cameron	1.04	57	61.8
Electorate: 13,802  Valid: 5,468  Spoilt: 170  Quota: 1,094  Turnout: 5,638 (40.8%)

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Fife Council election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	David Graham	28.2	1,430
	Independent	Andrew Rodger (incumbent)	25.79	1,307
	SNP	John O'Brien	16.38	830	859.7	902	902.9	907.1	915.2	915.6	967.3	1,394.5
	Labour	Jim Young (incumbent)	14.45	732	1,024.6
	SNP	Arthur Robertson (incumbent)	9.67	490	499.3	532.3	533	534	538.2	544	565.9
	Independent	Ricky Jannetta	3.02	153	178	253.6	255	261.3	276.6	300.3
	Conservative	Keith Stanley Smith	1.18	60	61.2	65.9	65.9	69.8	76.6
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	0.87	44	46.3	54.2	54.4	57.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lois Lothian	0.41	21	23.3	26.9	27.2
Electorate: 14,114  Valid: 5,067  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 1,014  Turnout: 5,160 (35.90%)

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Fife Council election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Andrew Rodger	2,114	33.7	1	1
	Labour	Tom Adams	1,456	23.2	2	1
	SNP	Arthur Robertson	712	11.3	3	11
	SNP	Stuart Macphail	647	10.3
	Labour	Jim Young	460	7.3	4	11
	Independent	John O'Brien	225	3.6
	Independent	Anne Marie Flack	195	3.1
	Independent	Ricky Jannetta	164	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lois Lothian	107	1.7
	Conservative	David Graham Stacey	97	1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McLean	53	0.8
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	32	0.5
	Independent	William Wallace	19	0.3

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
2. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.