Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch (ward)

Last updated October 15, 2025

Location of the ward ^[1]

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Fiona Grant (SNP)		John Beare (SNP)		William Kay (Labour)	William Morrison (Labour)
2012						William Kay (Labour)
2013	John Wincott (Labour)
2017	Jan Wincott (Labour)				Michael Green (Conservative)
2022	Jan Wincott (Labour)	Lynn Mowatt (SNP)	Peter Gulline (Conservative)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	27.7%	1,730
	Conservative	Peter Gulline	18.6%	1,161	1,166	1,168.4	1,198.3	1,203.9	1,296.8
	SNP	Lynn Mowatt	16.9%	1,059	1,433.4
	Labour	Jan Wincott (incumbent)	15%	940	951.9	973	984.4	1,026.1	1,106.3	1,118.3	1,853.3
	Labour	Afifa Khanam	11.4%	714	727	737.1	747.5	806.1	906.9	917
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Bennie	5.1%	318	329.3	338.4	351.2	422
	Green	Bryce Goodall	3.6%	224	256.6	320.2	342.4
	Scottish Family	George Carratt	1.7%	109	112.6	117.8
Electorate: 14,432 Valid: 6,255 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,252 Turnout: 44.1%

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Fiona Grant (incumbent)	25.95	1,704
	Conservative	Michael Green	22.97	1,508
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	17.1	1,123	1,435.9
	Labour	Jan Wincott	14.5	949	964.4	992.7	1,004.5	1,019.07	1,093.06	1,167.2	1,320.7
	Labour	John Wincott (incumbent)	7.8	514	519.9	527.5	530.5	532.4	551.8	583.04	612.8
	BUP	Jamie Donaldson	3.8	249	251.9	311.9	314.9	334.3	360.5
	Green	Lorna Ross	3.5	232	252.4	258.6	303.9	329.7	390.06	441.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Legg	3.1	204	210.4	241.7	247.7	265.2
	Independent	Kyle Mackie	1.2	81	86.3	95.07	101.7
Electorate: 14,497 Valid: 6,564 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 6,677 (46.1%)

2013 By-election

A by-election was called after William Kay died.

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch by-election (20 June 2013) - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 David Stewart Smith	6.6	272	287	335
	UKIP	Peter Taggerty	4.3	176	184
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	2.0	83
Electorate: 14,252 Valid: 4,138 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 2,070 Turnout: 4,163 (29.21%)

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	William Kay (incumbent) †⁰¹	23.48	1,253
	SNP	Fiona Grant (incumbent)	22.35	1,193
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	17.73	946	949.8	1,021.6	1,024	1,031.2	1,060.5	1,106.7
	Labour	Kay Morrison (incumbent)	17.43	930	1,090.8
	SNP	Steven Marwick	7.44	397	399.1	430.9	432.1	437.5	465.3	496.2
	Conservative	Allan David Stewart Smith	5.81	310	312.8	315.5	316.8	344.8	411.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Parker	4.23	226	231.6	238	243	265.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Steel	1.54	82	83.9	84.9	86.5
Electorate: 14,278 Valid: 5,337 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 5,394 (37.38%)

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Fiona Grant	1,807	26.8	1	1
SNP	John Beare	1,613	23.9	2	1
Labour	William Kay	1,354	20.0	3	2
Labour	Kay Morrison	787	11.7	4	8
Conservative	David Mole	504	7.5
Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	411	6.1
Independent	Alex Lawson	164	2.4
Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	114	1.7
UKIP	Paul Smith	90	1.3

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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[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.

[2] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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