Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Fife
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CentralFife1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Central Fife in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland Fife
1974 (1974)–2005
Created from West Fife
Replaced by Glenrothes
North East Fife

Central Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency, with a small portion joining the expanded North East Fife.

Contents

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1974–1983

The burghs of Cowdenbeath, Leslie, Lochgelly, and Markinch, the districts of Glenrothes and Lochgelly, and the electoral divisions of Markinch North and Markinch South in the district of Kirkcaldy. [1]

1983–1997

The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:

  • Denbeath/Aberhill
  • Mountfleurie/Methilhill/Methil North
  • Leven
  • Kennoway/Windygates
  • Leslie/Markinch Star
  • Auchmuty/Woodside
  • Pitteuchar/Stenton/Balgonie
  • South Parks/Rimbleton
  • Southwood/Caskieberran

1997–2005

The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:

  • Methil, Denbeath and Muiredge
  • Methilhill and Mountfleurie
  • Leven
  • Kennoway and Windygates
  • Markinch, Pitcoudie and Star
  • Auchmuty, Woodside and Coaltown of Balgonie
  • Pitleuchar and Stenton
  • Rimbleton and South Parks
  • Glenwood and Newcastle
  • Leslie and Collydean

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
Feb 1974 Willie Hamilton Labour
1987 Henry McLeish Labour
2001 John MacDougall Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

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Fife West election results

Elections of the 1970s

General election February 1974: Central Fife [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Hamilton 24,418 53.3
SNP David Veitch Livingstone10,32422.5
Conservative Stephen Ronald Eyres9,09819.8
Communist Alexander Maxwell2,0194.4
Majority 14,09430.8
Turnout 45,85979.2
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Central Fife [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Hamilton 22,400 51.9 −1.4
SNP David Veitch Livingstone14,41433.4+10.9
Conservative Peter Derek Clarke5,30812.3−7.5
Communist Alexander Maxwell1,0402.4−2.0
Majority 7,98618.5−12.3
Turnout 43,16273.9−5.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Central Fife [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Hamilton 27,619 58.0 +6.1
Conservative Iain Allistair McCrone9,59720.2+7.9
SNP James Lynch9,20819.4−14.0
Communist Alexander Maxwell1,1722.5+0.1
Majority 18,02237.8+19.3
Turnout 47,59677.4+3.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Central Fife [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Hamilton 17,008 43.1 −11.2
Liberal Teresa Little9,21423.4New
Conservative Douglas Mason 8,86322.50.0
SNP James Taggart4,03910.2−12.3
Ecology David Allison2970.8New
Majority 7,79419.7
Turnout 39,42172.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Central Fife [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McLeish 22,827 53.4 +10.3
Conservative Richard Aird7,11816.7−5.8
Liberal Teresa Little6,48715.2−8.2
SNP Dan Hood6,29614.7+4.5
Majority 15,70936.7+17.0
Turnout 42,72872.6+0.1
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Central Fife [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McLeish 21,036 50.4 −3.0
SNP Tricia Marwick 10,45825.1+10.4
Conservative Carol Cender7,35317.6+0.9
Liberal Democrats Craig Harrow2,8926.9−8.3
Majority 10,57825.3−11.4
Turnout 41,73974.3+1.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Central Fife [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McLeish 23,912 58.7 +7.9
SNP Tricia Marwick 10,19925.0−0.1
Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg 3,6699.0−8.6
Liberal Democrats Ross Laird2,6106.4−0.5
Referendum John Scrymgeour-Wedderburn3750.9New
Majority 13,71333.7+8.4
Turnout 40,76569.8−4.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Central Fife [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John MacDougall 18,310 56.3 −2.4
SNP David Alexander8,23525.3+0.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Riches2,7758.5+2.1
Conservative Jeremy Balfour 2,3517.2−1.8
Scottish Socialist Morag Balfour8412.6New
Majority 10,07531.0−2.7
Turnout 32,51254.6−15.2
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Central Fife and Kirkcaldy) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/764, retrieved 26 February 2023
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  3. ↑ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i08.htm
  4. ↑ "UK General Election results: October 1974".
  5. ↑ "Not updated: UK General Election results: May 1979".
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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