Location of the ward [1]
Kirkcaldy East is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
Kirkcaldy East is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | George Leslie (SNP/ Ind.) | Lawrence Brown (Labour) | Kay Carrington (Labour) | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2012 | Arthur Morrison (SNP) | |||||
| 2015 | Marie Penman (SNP/ Ind.) | |||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2017 | Rod Cavanagh (SNP) | Ian Cameron (Labour) | Richard Watt (Conservative) | |||
| 2022 | Nicola Patrick (SNP) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron (incumbent) | 32.9% | 1,313 | ||||||||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh (incumbent) | 23.1% | 924 | 944.1 | 950.1 | 955.1 | 1,011.3 | ||||
| SNP | Nicola Patrick | 17.2% | 687 | 693.7 | 696.7 | 702.2 | 772.1 | 782.6 | 793.6 | 931.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Watt (incumbent) | 11.7% | 469 | 475.9 | 480.2 | 516.8 | 524.6 | 524.6 | |||
| Labour | George Macdonald | 6.8% | 273 | 510.2 | 512.7 | 539.3 | 578.4 | 579.1 | 774.9 | ||
| Scottish Green | David Hansen | 4.3% | 172 | 180.4 | 186.4 | 211.3 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Wink Thompson | 2.9% | 116 | 123.2 | 133.9 | ||||||
| Sovereignty | Walter Neilson | 1% | 41 | 43.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: 11,052 Valid: 3,995 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 999 Turnout: 37.3% | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron | 24.7 | 985 | 993 | 1,002 | |||||||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh | 22.5 | 897 | 898 | 903 | 903.08 | 946.08 | 968.3 | 1,035.3 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Watt | 15.3 | 611 | 625 | 630 | 630.09 | 642.09 | 671.4 | 791.5 | 791.7 | 924.8 | |
| SNP | Steve McMahon | 13.3 | 533 | 537 | 551 | 551.03 | 584.03 | 596.1 | 682.1 | 714.9 | ||
| Independent | Marie Penman (incumbent) | 10.5 | 421 | 438 | 483 | 483.2 | 532.2 | 591.6 | ||||
| Labour | Mhairi Cameron | 5 | 199 | 203 | 209 | 211.4 | 237.4 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Sandy Forbes | 4.1 | 164 | 176 | 189 | 189.04 | ||||||
| Independent | Matthew Ritchie | 2.7 | 108 | 111 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rottger | 1.9 | 75 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,747 Valid: 3,993 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 999 Turnout: 4,112 (38.3%) | ||||||||||||
A by-election was called after Arthur Morrison resigned due to poor attendance. [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Marie Penman | 47.33 | 1,460 | 1,464 | 1,466 | 1,472 | 1,484 | 1,553 | |
| Labour | Liz Easton | 35.27 | 1,088 | 1,088 | 1,091 | 1,097 | 1,120 | 1,148 | |
| Conservative | Edgar Cook | 7.23 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 231 | 266 | 274 | |
| Scottish Green | Claire Reid | 4.08 | 126 | 129 | 132 | 138 | 150 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Adams | 3.79 | 117 | 117 | 120 | 123 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Leslie | 1.30 | 40 | 40 | 41 | ||||
| Independent | Ronald Hunter | 0.62 | 19 | 21 | |||||
| Independent | Alastair MacIntyre | 0.39 | 12 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,924 Valid: 3,085 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 1,543 Turnout: 3,126 (27.27%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Brown (incumbent) | 29.90 | 1,111 | |||||||
| Labour | Kay Carrington (incumbent) †14 | 20.05 | 745 | 900.9 | 926.1 | 963.3 | ||||
| SNP | Arthur Morrison †05 | 19.97 | 742 | 746.7 | 763.1 | 790.2 | 795.2 | 838.6 | 1,409.6 | |
| SNP | Frank Wallace | 16.42 | 610 | 613.1 | 620.3 | 651.4 | 654.3 | 675.5 | ||
| Conservative | Edgar Cook | 6.03 | 224 | 226.4 | 251.8 | 295.9 | 299.1 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Mike Parker | 4.84 | 180 | 182.1 | 195.3 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Leslie | 2.80 | 104 | 106.1 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,749 Valid: 3,716 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 930 Turnout: 3,776 (34.57%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | George Leslie†† | 1,680 | 35.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Lawrence Brown | 1,221 | 25.7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Kay Carrington | 773 | 16.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Forrester | 572 | 12.1 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Mills | 361 | 7.6 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Karen McGregor | 138 | 2.9 | |||
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