Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcaldy
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Kirkcaldy (constituency) 2011.png
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Kirkcaldy shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population78,351 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP David Torrance
Council area Fife

Kirkcaldy is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The seat has been held by David Torrance of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. [2] The Kirkcaldy Westminster constituency was divided between Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

In boundary changes that took effect at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly drawn Kirkcaldy was formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife: [3]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Marilyn Livingstone Labour
2011 David Torrance SNP

Election results

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Kirkcaldy election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy [4] [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP David Torrance [lower-alpha 1] 18,41752.4Decrease2.svg0.215,73344.5Decrease2.svg3.3
Labour Claire Baker [lower-alpha 2] 10,58630.1Increase2.svg1.38,14523.1Decrease2.svg2.0
Conservative Kathleen Leslie4,89113.9Decrease2.svg0.86,13717.4Increase2.svg1.7
Scottish Green 2,4887.1Increase2.svg2.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Beal1,0152.9Decrease2.svg1.01,0272.9Decrease2.svg0.3
Alba 6892.0New
All for Unity 4061.1New
Scottish Family 1660.5New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1230.3New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1140.3New
Scottish Libertarian Calum Paul2690.8N/A830.2Steady2.svg0.0
Reform UK 720.3New
UKIP 570.2Decrease2.svg2.0
Independent Martin Keatings270.1New
Renew 70.0New
Independent Mercy Kamanja40.0New
Majority7,83122.3Decrease2.svg1.5
Valid Votes35,17835,278
Invalid Votes13774
Turnout 35,31557.8Increase2.svg5.335,35257.8Increase2.svg5.3
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP David Torrance [lower-alpha 1] 16,35852.6Increase2.svg7.414,93447.8Increase2.svg3.7
Labour Claire Baker [lower-alpha 2] 8,96328.8Decrease2.svg15.87,82225.1Decrease2.svg11.0
Conservative Martin Laidlaw4,56814.7Increase2.svg7.54,91415.7Increase2.svg9.1
Scottish Green 1,4794.7Increase2.svg2.1
Liberal Democrats Lauren Jones1,2193.9Increase2.svg1.01,0013.2Increase2.svg1.0
UKIP 6822.2Increase2.svg1.1
Solidarity 1940.6Increase2.svg0.5
RISE 1150.4New
Scottish Libertarian 810.3New
Majority7,39523.8Increase2.svg23.2
Valid Votes31,10831,222
Invalid Votes15952
Turnout 31,26752.5Increase2.svg6.031,27452.5Increase2.svg5.9
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg11.6
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP David Torrance 12,57945.2N/A12,31944.1N/A
Labour Marilyn Livingstone [lower-alpha 1] 12,39744.6N/A10,08436.1N/A
Conservative Ian McFarlane2,0077.2N/A1,8356.6N/A
Independent Andrew Roger7172.6N/A
Scottish Green 7132.6N/A
Liberal Democrats John Mainland8202.9N/A6112.2N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 5472.0N/A
UKIP 3151.1N/A
BNP 2520.9N/A
Socialist Labour 2410.9N/A
Scottish Socialist 1170.4N/A
Scottish Christian 750.3N/A
CPA 500.2N/A
Solidarity 320.1N/A
Majority1820.6N/A
Valid Votes27,80327,908
Invalid Votes11994
Turnout 27,92246.5N/A28,00246.6N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Livingstone 10,627 43.9 −2.8
SNP Chris Harvie 8,00533.1+8.4
Liberal Democrats Alice Soper3,36113.9+2.9
Conservative David Potts2,2029.1−1.5
Majority2,62210.8−11.2
Turnout 24,19547.7+3.5
Labour hold Swing -5.6
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Livingstone 10,235 46.7 −1.5
SNP Colin Welsh5,41124.7−7.6
Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 2,41711.0+1.8
Conservative Mike Scott-Hayward2,33210.6+0.3
Scottish Socialist Rudi Vogels1,5447.0New
Majority4,82422.0+4.2
Turnout 21,93944.2
Labour hold Swing -4.6

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Livingstone 13,645 48.14 N/A
SNP Stewart Hosie 9,17032.35N/A
Conservative Mike Scott-Hayward2,90710.26N/A
Liberal Democrats John Mainland2,6209.24N/A
Majority4,47515.79N/A
Turnout 28,342N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes

  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. "Constituencies A-Z: Kirkcaldy". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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