Glenrothes Central and Thornton (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Glenrothes Central and Thornton is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Ross Vettraino (SNP)		Dave Cunningham (SNP)		Ian Crichton (Labour)
2012			Ian Sloane (Labour)
2017			Vikki Wilton (SNP)	Derek Noble (Labour)
2022	Daniel Wilson (SNP)
2025		Lynda Holton (SNP)

Election results

2025 by-election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton by-election (24 April 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Lynda Holton		1,439	1,451	1,489	1,623
	Labour	Maciej Dokurno		649	674	753	878
	Reform UK	Ian Smith		541	591	652
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Scotcher		207	257
	Conservative	Fiona Leslie		185
Electorate: 12,623  Valid: 3,021  Spoilt: 63  Quota: 1,511  Turnout: 24.2%

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Fife Council election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ross Vettraino (incumbent)	34.1%	1,588
	Labour	Derek Noble (incumbent)	27.9%	1,299
	SNP	Daniel Wilson	14.6%	679	1,046.1	1,063.3	1,067.9	1,114.1	1,220.7
	Conservative	Heather Gulline	12.1%	561	566.3	585.9	607.8	620.3	631.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	3.9%	183	188.9	223.2	231.9	246.5	297.2
	Scottish Green	Morven Ovenstone-Jones	3.7%	170	180.1	191.5	207.8	221.9
	Alba	Jim Bryce	2.2%	101	105.8	109	116.4
	Scottish Family	Steve Saunders	1.5%	71	73.9	80.2
Electorate: 12,021  Valid: 4,652  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,164  Turnout: 39.4%

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2017 election

Main article: 2017 Fife Council election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Ross Vetraino (incumbent)	28.1	1,362
	SNP	Vikki Wilton	16.5	799	927.6	938.07	943.07	989.06	995.2	1,023.4	1,066.7	1,081.6	1,166.2
	Labour	Derek Noble	15.5	750	752.3	754.3	761.5	774.8	796.9	836.9	1,370.6
	Conservative	Brian Mills	14.8	716	717.3	719.3	721.3	729.3	764.3	803.3	837.8	866.8
	Labour	Ian Sloan (incumbent)	13.7	663	668.4	674.7	686.7	694.8	713.8	740.3
	Independent	Ian Crichton (incumbent)	3.1	151	151.9	169.9	214.2	230.3	257.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	2.6	128	128.8	128.8	131.9	145.9
	Scottish Green	Glen McGill	2.4	117	118.7	125.7	129.7
	Independent	Ian Robertson	1.8	88	88.9	103.9
	Independent	Bert Thomson	1.5	71	72.1
Electorate: 12,044  Valid: 4,845  Spoilt: 143  Quota: 1,212  Turnout: 4,988 (41.4%)

2012 election

Main article: 2012 Fife Council election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Ross Vettraino (incumbent)	29.66	1,197
	Labour	Ian Crichton (incumbent)	26.04	1,051
	Labour	Ian Sloane	20.64	833	847.5	881.7	897.1	928.1	1,008.7	1,203.6
	SNP	Vikki Wilton	14.17	572	728.1	729.4	736.7	759.3	799.5
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Benvie	4.22	172	177.5	179.1	192.5	245.7
	Conservative	Brian Mills	3.87	156	157.4	157.8	168.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	1.36	55	55.8	56.3
Electorate: 10,797  Valid: 4,036  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 1,010  Turnout: 4,112 (37.38%)

2007 election

Main article: 2007 Fife Council election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Dave Cunningham	1,825	34.6	1	1
	Labour	Ian Crichton	1,325	25.1	2	1
	SNP	Ross Vettraino	707	13.4	3	6
	Labour	John Mowbray	564	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	301	5.7
	Independent	Vina Bullimore	279	5.3
	Conservative	Jamie Drew	269	5.1

References

1. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.