Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy is one of 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects three Councillors, covering the towns of Burntisland and Kinghorn, the village of Auchtertool, as well as the western outskirts of Kirkcaldy.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		George Kay (SNP)		Ron Edwards (Labour)		Susan Leslie (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Peter George (Labour)
2017	Lesley Backhouse (SNP)	Gordon Langlands (Labour)		Kathleen Leslie (Conservative)
2022		Julie MacDougall (Labour / Reform UK)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse (incumbent)	29.5%	1,735
	Labour	Julie MacDougall	29.4%	1,730
	Conservative	Kathleen Leslie (incumbent)	21%	1,239	1,245.5	1,296.3	1,297.4	1,319.2	1,326.6	1,416.9	1,442.6	1,669.8
	SNP	Olaf Stando	8.4%	493	677.7	693.4	699.3	700.4	742.9	771.7	1,018.2
	Scottish Green	Claire Luxford	5.7%	336	370.9	398.5	409.4	412.2	427.4	497.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anne O'Brien	3.5%	209	215	293.6	295.4	301.1	309
	Alba	Colin Fraser	1.3%	76	82.3	85.6	97	102.9
	Scottish Family	Garry Downie	0.7%	40	40.8	45.7	49.7
	ISP	Andrew Bentley-Steed	0.6%	33	40.4	42.5
Electorate: 11,716  Valid: 5,891  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 1,473  Turnout: 50.9%

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2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Fife Council election

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Conservative	Kathleen Leslie	25.1	1,479
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse	19.4	1,144	1,144.09	1,145.09	1,177.09	1,192.09	1,283.1	1,710.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie (incumbent)	13.6	769	770.8	771.8	799.08	819.9	891.9	909.9	943.9	1,121.1
	Labour	Gordon Langlands	12.9	761	761.8	762.8	818.8	988.9	1,035.01	1,051.02	1,088.7	1,229.7	1,660.1
	Independent	Roy Mackie	8.07	475	475.6	479.6	540.9	557.9	610.04	620.04	673.9
	SNP	Stuart MacPhail *	7.3	429	429.03	437.03	440.03	446.04	491.04
	Scottish Green	Scott Rutherford	5.3	314	314.1	326.1	331.1	342.2
	Labour	Fiona Sword	4.1	242	242.3	243.3	257.3
	Independent	Peter George (incumbent)	4.06	239	239.6	241.6
	Solidarity	Bill Mair	0.6	36	36
Electorate: 11,582  Valid: 5,888  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,473  Turnout: 5,967 (51.5%)

* = Sitting Councillor for Kirkcaldy Central.

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Fife Council election

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Peter George	27.85	1,331
	SNP	George Kay (incumbent)	25.44	1,216
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie (incumbent)	15.46	739	746.6	748.7	758.7	782.1	830.8	954.2	1,043.4	1,207.5
	Labour	Richard Perry	9.83	470	573.4	574.4	583.9	607.1	636.6	657.7	749.7
	SNP	Sally Walsh	7.89	377	380.9	395.2	406.5	421.6	446.9	464.1
	Conservative	Norman Morrison	5.31	254	255.3	255.6	261.7	274.9	334.4
	UKIP	Peter Adams	4.46	213	215.3	215.7	220.7	246.9
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Anne Whyte	2.36	113	116.5	116.9	132.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Louche Lord Lancaster	1.40	67	68.5	68.9
Electorate: 11,474  Valid: 4,780  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,196  Turnout: 4,820 (41.66%)

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Fife Council election

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	George Kay	2,204	37.8	1	1
	Labour	Ron Edwards	1,344	23.0	2	2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie	910	15.6	3	5
	Labour	Collett Salvona	649	11.1
	Conservative	Jamie Potton	567	9.7
	UKIP	Peter Adams	164	2.8

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.