Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (ward)

Last updated November 24, 2025

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)		Jim Young (Labour)			Andrew Roger (Ind.)
2017			Ryan Smart (Labour)		Ken Caldwell (SNP)
2022			Thomas Adams (Labour)
2025 by-election			Thomas Adams (Labour)	Anne Marie Caldwell (SNP)

Election results

2025 by-election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages by-election (6 November 2025) - 1 seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

2022 Election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
	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

↑ "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.
↑ "Transfers Report – Ward 22 Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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[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] "Transfers Report – Ward 22 Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[3] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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