Location of the ward [1]
Dunfermline South is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.
Dunfermline South is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Brian John Goodall (SNP) | Mike Rumney (Labour) | Tony Martin (Liberal Democrats) | Dave Walker (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Cara Hilton (Labour) | |||||||
| 2013 | Billy Pollock (Labour) | |||||||
| 2015 | Fay Sinclair (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | David Ross (Conservative) | Ross Patterson (Labour) | James Calder (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2022 | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw (SNP) | Cara Hilton (Labour) | Naz Anis-Miah (SNP) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder (incumbent) | 19.5 | 1,523 | 1,528 | 1,542 | 1,586 | ||||||
| Labour | Cara Hilton | 19.3 | 1,505 | 1,508 | 1,513 | 1,550 | 1,558 | 1,794 | ||||
| SNP | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw | 16.9 | 1,316 | 1,340 | 1,344 | 1,408 | 1,410 | 1,425 | 1,446 | 1,543 | 1,601 | |
| SNP | Naz Anis-Miah | 16.6 | 1,292 | 1,308 | 1,314 | 1,382 | 1,383 | 1,390 | 1,409 | 1,534 | 1,568 | |
| Conservative | David Ross (incumbent) | 10.6 | 825 | 826 | 846 | 855 | 860 | 878 | 917 | 1,008 | ||
| Independent | Martin Willcocks | 6.9 | 541 | 564 | 580 | 611 | 613 | 619 | 641 | |||
| Labour | Ross Paterson (incumbent) | 3.9 | 304 | 308 | 846 | 327 | 328 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Tom Freeman | 3.6 | 279 | 288 | 295 | |||||||
| Scottish Family | Paul Lynch | 1.3 | 105 | 112 | ||||||||
| Alba | Rob Thompson | 1.3 | 103 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 17,563 Valid: 7,793 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,559 Turnout: 44.9% | ||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | David Ross | 23.2 | 1,660 | |||||||
| SNP | Fay Sinclair (incumbent) | 18.17 | 1,302 | 1,304.9 | 1,361.3 | 1,389.5 | 1,403.8 | 1,404.03 | 2,505.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder | 17.08 | 1,224 | 1,325.7 | 1,389.9 | 1,436.2 | ||||
| SNP | Brian Goodall (incumbent) | 15.7 | 1,128 | 1,130.3 | 1,189.5 | 1,219.7 | 1,237.7 | 1,238.09 | ||
| Labour | Ross Patterson | 15.2 | 1,086 | 1,116.8 | 1,148.3 | 1,560.9 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Pollock (incumbent) | 7.2 | 521 | 539.9 | 555.3 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Michael Collie | 3.4 | 245 | 253.6 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,388 Valid: 7,166 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,434 Turnout: 7,241 (44.2%) | ||||||||||
A by-election was called after Cara Hilton resigned, having been elected MSP for Dunfermline. [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Fay Sinclair | 51.52 | 5,899 | |
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia | 27.82 | 3,185 | |
| Conservative | David Ross | 11.56 | 1,324 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder | 9.09 | 1,041 | |
| Electorate: 17,031 Valid: 11,449 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 5,725 Turnout: 11,581 (67.8%) | ||||
A by-election was called after Mike Rumney died.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Pollock | 39.7 | 2,552 | 2,568 | 2,618 | 2,697 | 3,170 | 4,086 | |
| SNP | Helen Cannon-Todd | 32.0 | 2,057 | 2,075 | 2,112 | 2,142 | 2,358 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Munro | 15.7 | 1,009 | 1,029 | 1,073 | 1,257 | |||
| Conservative | David Ross | 7.0 | 450 | 497 | 504 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 2.8 | 183 | 201 | |||||
| UKIP | Judith Rideout | 2.8 | 183 | ||||||
| Valid: 6,434 Quota: 3,217 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Mike Rumney (incumbent) | 22.02 | 1,271 | |||||||
| Labour | Cara Hilton | 20.69 | 1,194 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin (incumbent) | 20.62 | 1,190 | |||||||
| SNP | Brian Goodall (incumbent) | 17.54 | 1,012 | 1,025.4 | 1,029.4 | 1,034.7 | 1,081.1 | 1,144.5 | 1,681.1 | |
| SNP | Fay Sinclair | 9.15 | 528 | 540.3 | 544.6 | 548.4 | 584.9 | 609.2 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Reid Fairgrieve | 6.41 | 370 | 374.9 | 377.4 | 385.3 | 420.8 | |||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 3.57 | 206 | 220.7 | 227.7 | 232.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,927 Valid: 5,771 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,155 Turnout: 5,829 (36.60%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin | 1,816 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Brian John Goodall | 1,583 | 22.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Mike Rumney | 1,446 | 20.8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Labour | Bob Young | 738 | 10.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Walker | 627 | 9.0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Richard Jules Watt | 515 | 7.4 | |||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 231 | 3.3 | |||
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