Fife Council elections

Fife Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a regional council

Year	SNP	Labour	Liberal [a]	Conservative	Communist	Independent
1974	0	26	0	10	1	5 [b]
1978	1	24	0	14	1	2
1982 [c]	1	27	4	10	1	2
1986	2	30	8	4	1	1
1990	2	30	10	2	1	1
1994 [d]	4	28	12	0	1	1

1. Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1995.
2. Includes 2 Ratepayers.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
4. New ward boundaries. ^[2]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Communist	Independent
1995	9	52	24	0	1	2
1999 [a]	9	43	21	1	1	4 [b]
2003	11	36	23	2	0	6
2007 [c]	23	24	21	5	0	5
2012	26	35	10	3	0	4
2017 [d]	29	24	7	15	0	0
2022	34	20	13	8	0	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[3]
2. Includes 1 Independent Labour.
3. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
4. New ward boundaries. ^[4]

Results maps

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  1982 results map
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  1986 results map
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  1990 results map
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  1994 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South By-Election 10 June 2004 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		462	38.2	−8.0
	SNP		319	26.3	+26.3
	Independent		297	24.5	+24.5
	Scottish Socialist		72	5.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats		24	2.0	−0.5
	Conservative		19	1.6	−1.2
	Scottish Senior Citizens		18	1.5	+1.5
Majority			143	11.8
Turnout			1,211
	Labour hold		Swing

Cupar North By-Election 11 November 2004 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		443	34.4	−20.7
	Independent		379	29.4	+29.4
	Conservative		342	26.5	+1.2
	SNP		54	4.2	+4.2
	Scottish Socialist		40	3.1	−5.2
	Labour		31	2.4	−8.9
Majority			64	5.0
Turnout			1,289
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Auchtertool and Burntisland East By-Election 29 September 2005 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP		609	46.7	+21.9
	Labour		321	24.6	−4.1
	Independent		249	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats		71	5.4	−11.3
	Conservative		54	4.1	+4.1
Majority			288	22.1
Turnout			1,304
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing

Markinch and Woodside East By-Election 28 September 2006 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Beare [9]	892	55.7	+26.1
	Labour		388	24.2	−34.0
	Liberal Democrats		257	16.1	+10.5
	Conservative		39	2.4	−4.2
	Independent		25	1.6	+1.6
Majority			504	31.5
Turnout			1,601
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

2012-2017

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch By-Election 20 June 2013 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	John Wincott	45.8	1,896	1,927	1,966	2,095
	SNP	Keith Grieve	41.3	1,711	1,724	1,761	1,814
	Conservative	Allan Smith	6.6	272	287	335
	UKIP	Peter Taggerty	4.3	176	184
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	2.0	83
	Labour hold
Valid: 4,138  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 2,070  Turnout: 4,163

Dunfermline South By-Election 24 October 2013 ^[11]

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
	Labour hold
Valid: 6,434  Quota: 3,217

Cowdenbeath By-Election 22 May 2014 ^[12]

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
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,314  Quota:

The Lochs By-Election 22 May 2014 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Alex Campbell	65.9	2,042
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse	24.3	753
	UKIP	Martin Green	5.2	162
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	4.6	141
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,098  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 1,550  Turnout: 3,150

Kirkcaldy East By-Election 22 January 2015 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Marie Penman	47.3	1,460	1,464	1,466	1,472	1,484	1,553
	Labour	Liz Easton	35.3	1,088	1,088	1,091	1,097	1,120	1,148
	Conservative	Edgar Cook	7.2	223	224	225	231	266	274
	Scottish Green	Claire Reid	4.1	126	129	132	138	150
	UKIP	Peter Adams	3.8	117	117	120	123
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Leslie	1.3	40	40	41
	Independent	Ronald Hunter	0.6	19	21
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	0.4	12
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,085  Spoilt: 41  Quota: 1,543  Turnout: 3,126

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie By-Election 26 March 2015 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Craig Walker	55.3	2,539
	Labour	Alan Seath	35.8	1,643
	Conservative	John Wheatley	4.4	202
	UKIP	Martin Green	3.2	146
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ann Liston	1.3	61
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 4,591  Quota:

Dunfermline South By-Election 7 May 2015 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Fay Sinclair	51.5	5,899
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia	27.8	3,185
	Conservative	David Ross	11.6	1,324
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	9.1	1,041
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 11,449  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 5,725  Turnout: 11,581

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie By-Election 1 October 2015 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Julie Ford	59.0	2,235
	Labour	Alan Seath	31.9	1,207
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	6.2	234
	Scottish Green	Lorna Ross	3.0	113
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,789  Quota: 1,895

Dunfermline North By-Election 26 November 2015 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ian Ferguson	43.5	1,056	1,062	1,083	1,122	1,144	1,337
	Labour	Joe Long	29.6	719	722	733	805	912
	Conservative	James Reekie	12.5	304	319	321	389
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	9.5	230	235	253
	Scottish Green	Lewis Campbell	2.6	63	72
	UKIP	Chloanne Dodds	2.4	58
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,430  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 1,216  Turnout: 2,450

Rosyth By-Election 26 November 2015 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Sharon Wilson	45.2	1,214	1,235	1,241	1,249	1,263	1,286	1,623
	Labour	Vikki Fairweather	34.5	926	939	950	966	1,012	1,117
	Conservative	David Ross	9.1	245	246	256	281	309
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hall	3.6	97	102	112	122
	UKIP	Colin Mitchelson	3.3	88	90	97
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	2.5	66	68
	Scottish Green	Cairinne MacDonald	1.9	51
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,687  Spoilt: 22  Quota: 1,344  Turnout: 2,709

The Lochs By-Election 25 August 2016 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Mary Bain Lockhart	47.1	1,318	1,329	1,365	1,459
	SNP	Lea McLelland	38.6	1,079	1,091	1,106	1,124
	Conservative	Malcolm McDonald	9.6	270	275	280
	Communist	Thomas Kirby	3.1	86	89
	Scottish Green	Bradford Oliver	1.6	45
	Labour gain from Independent
Valid: 2,798  Quota: 1,400

Leven, Kennoway and Largo By-Election 15 December 2016 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Alistair Suttie	37.0	1,501	1,532	1,615	1,668	2,214
	Labour	Colin Davidson	28.4	1,155	1,169	1,302	1,620
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie	18.5	752	754	954
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wood	14.3	580	590
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	1.8	74
	SNP hold
Valid: 4,062  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 2,032  Turnout: 4,090

2017-2022

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay By-Election 6 September 2018 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Dave Coleman	37.3	2,309	2,312	2,316	2,330	2,455	2,615	2,839	3,244
	SNP	Neale Hanvey	28.1	1,741	1,741	1,744	1,840	1,950	2,076	2,327
	Labour	Billy Pollock	12.0	744	746	747	794	867	1,058
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Hawthorne	9.1	566	568	573	631	738
	Independent	Peter Collins	8.4	521	524	545	565
	Scottish Green	Mags Hall	4.2	257	257	258
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	0.6	40	41
	Scottish Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.2	13
	Conservative gain from Labour
Valid: 6,191  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 3,096  Turnout: 6,239

Dunfermline Central By-Election 14 November 2019 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Derek Glen	33.2	1,526	1,528	1,628	1,761	1,798	2,297
	Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder	22.8	1,050	1,053	1,117	1,343	1,796
	Conservative	Chloe Dodds	24.8	1,142	1,150	1,150	1,202
	Labour	Michael Boyd	13.5	621	624	656
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	5.1	235	237
	Scottish Libertarian	Keith Chamberlain	0.6	28
	SNP gain from Conservative
Valid: 4,602  Quota: 2,302

Rosyth By-election 14 November 2019 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Sharon Green-Wilson	42.8	1,347	1,347	1,406	1,429	1,486	1,639
	Conservative	Margaret Fairgrieve	24.4	768	771	774	822	885	976
	Labour	Billy Pollock	15.2	480	480	498	526	591
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Blair	7.9	249	250	275	291
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	5.0	157	162	168
	Scottish Green	Craig McCutcheon	4.2	132	133
	Scottish Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.5	16
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,149  Quota: 1,575

2022-2027

West Fife and Coastal Villages By-Election 28 November 2024 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Karen Beaton	33.1	881	882	890	921	1,010	1,147	1,474
	SNP	Paul Steele	33.1	879	887	896	944	985	1,015
	Conservative	David Ross	16.0	426	434	444	449	516
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Buchanan-Quigley	8.5	227	232	246	279
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	4.8	128	130	141
	Independent	George Morton	2.4	64	77
	Scottish Family	Danny Smith	1.9	53
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,658  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,330  Turnout: 2,684

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