Cowdenbeath is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the town of Cowdenbeath as well as the nearby villages of Crossgates, Hill of Beath, Kelty, and Lumphinnans.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alistair John Bain (SNP) | John Simpson (Labour) | Alex Maxwell (Ind.) | 3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Jayne Baxter (Labour) | Peter Lockhart (Labour) | ||||||
| 2014 | Gary Guichan (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Alex Campbell (Labour) | Darren Watt (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Bailey-Lee Robb (SNP) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | 30.6% | 2,028 | |||||||||
| SNP | Alie Bain (incumbent) | 28.9% | 1,916 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Darren Watt (incumbent) | 18.9% | 1,256 | 1,309.9 | 1,320.1 | 1,346.1 | ||||||
| SNP | Bailey-Lee Robb | 7.7% | 513 | 543.8 | 1,001.8 | 1,009.6 | 1,010.8 | 1,047.5 | 1,054.9 | 1,162.6 | 1,381.2 | |
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | 7.4% | 489 | 992.3 | 1,020.6 | 1,034.3 | 1,040.6 | 1,055.6 | 1,094.5 | 1,158.4 | ||
| Scottish Green | Alyssa Lee | 2.5% | 169 | 179.7 | 207.4 | 217.7 | 218.4 | 237.3 | 260.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Venturi | 1.4% | 96 | 106.7 | 108.6 | 113.2 | 116.6 | 120.3 | ||||
| Alba | Jacqueline Bijster | 1.3% | 85 | 92.3 | 110.1 | 115.7 | 116 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Helen Grieg | 1.2% | 80 | 90 | 96.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: 17,132 Valid: 6,632 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,327 Turnout: 39.8% | ||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | 31.4 | 2,065 | |||||||
| SNP | Alistair Bain (incumbent) | 21.5 | 1,415 | |||||||
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | 15.7 | 1,030 | 1,563.2 | ||||||
| Conservative | Darren Watt | 15.4 | 1,013 | 1,054.4 | 1,091.9 | 1,092.8 | 1,145.6 | 1,180.6 | 1,492.2 | |
| SNP | Ann Bain (incumbent) | 12.2 | 799 | 851.7 | 878.2 | 969.06 | 975.9 | 1,058.5 | ||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 2.3 | 150 | 164.2 | 182.3 | 184.9 | 215.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches * | 1.5 | 101 | 113.7 | 144.02 | 144.7 | ||||
| Electorate: 16,440 Valid: 6,573 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 6,707 (40.8%) | ||||||||||
A by-election was held after Jane Baxter became an MSP.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Gary Guichan | 61.5 | 2,039 | |
| SNP | Connor Watt | 25.2 | 834 | |
| UKIP | Judith Rideout | 8.4 | 277 | |
| Conservative | John Wheatley | 4.9 | 164 | |
| Valid: 3,314 Quota: Turnout: 29.67% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Peter Lockhart | 35.32 | 1,309 | ||
| Labour | Jayne Baxter †04 | 30.14 | 1,117 | ||
| SNP | Alistair Bain (incumbent) | 24.15 | 895 | 959.2 | |
| SNP | Darren Tod | 4.86 | 180 | 197.5 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Harvey | 3.40 | 126 | 142.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Walker | 2.13 | 79 | 114 | |
| Electorate: 10,742 Valid: 3,706 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 927 Turnout: 3,767 (34.50%) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Simpson | 1,414 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Alex Maxwell | 1,350 | 26.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Alistair John Bain | 968 | 18.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Labour | Lesley McEwan | 624 | 12.1 | |||
| Independent | Robert Arnott | 384 | 7.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Hipwell | 246 | 4.8 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Smith | 148 | 2.9 | |||
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