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East Neuk and Landward is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
East Neuk and Landward is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Elizabeth Riches (Liberal Democrats) | Donald MacGregor (Liberal Democrats) | Mike Scott-Hayward (Conservative /UKIP) | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2012 | John Docherty (SNP/ Ind.) | |||||
| 2017 | Bill Porteous (Liberal Democrats) | Linda Holt (Conservative /Ind.) | ||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2022 | Fiona Corr (Liberal Democrats) | Sean Dillon (Liberal Democrats) | Alycia Hayes (SNP) | |||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Corps | 32.1% | 1,721 | |||||||
| SNP | Alycia Hayes | 25.1% | 1,345 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Dillon | 13.7% | 679 | 998.7 | 999.2 | 1,015.2 | 1,063 | 1,203.8 | 1,425 | |
| Conservative | Debbie MacCallum | 13.2% | 707 | 724.7 | 724.8 | 731 | 744.2 | 748.5 | 848 | |
| Independent | Linda Holt (incumbent) | 7.5% | 404 | 417.3 | 417.6 | 455.6 | 469.8 | 516.7 | ||
| Scottish Green | David Stutchfield | 5.2% | 281 | 291 | 293.5 | 303.8 | 339.6 | |||
| Labour | Stuart Irwin | 2.6% | 139 | 143.4 | 143.8 | 146 | ||||
| Independent | John Docherty (incumbent) | 1.5% | 80 | 84.6 | 84.9 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,467 Valid: 5,356 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,340 Turnout: 51.7% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Holt†††† | 28.9 | 1,508 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Porteous | 19.4 | 1,014 | 1,095.3 | 1,138.2 | 1,216.08 | 1,268.6 | 1,281.5 | 2,249.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alisdair Gilbert | 17.09 | 891 | 930.2 | 974.3 | 1,050.7 | 1,059.9 | 1,073.4 | ||
| SNP | John Docherty (incumbent)†††††† | 13.5 | 703 | 704.8 | 744.9 | 766.3 | 1,368.4 | |||
| SNP | Margaret Harper | 12.2 | 634 | 635.8 | 680.03 | 715.3 | ||||
| Labour | Rosalind Garton | 4.6 | 242 | 252.6 | 291.4 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Benjamin Bridgman | 4.3 | 222 | 227.4 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,149 Valid: 5,214 Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 5,277 (52%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches (incumbent) | 26.94 | 1,066 | ||||||
| SNP | John Docherty | 24.36 | 964 | 970.5 | 1,068.3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald MacGregor (incumbent) | 13.29 | 526 | 576.8 | 678.2 | 699.4 | 825.2 | 1,098.1 | |
| Conservative | Tom Waterton-Smith | 13.70 | 542 | 545.3 | 561.4 | 566.4 | 735.8 | ||
| UKIP | Mike Scott-Hayward (incumbent) | 11.27 | 446 | 452.4 | 504.6 | 518.5 | |||
| Labour | Mary Cairns | 10.44 | 413 | 416.4 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,249 Valid: 3,957 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 990 Turnout: 3,979 (38.61%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches | 1,696 | 31.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward† | 1,515 | 27.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Margaret Wight | 1,041 | 19.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald MacGregor | 816 | 15.0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Labour | Reta Russell | 387 | 7.1 | |||
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