Kirkcaldy North (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Kirkcaldy North is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Carol Lindsay (SNP)		Neil Crooks (Labour)		David Ross (Labour)
2012
2017
2022			James Leslie (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	34.9%	1,804
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	32.1%	1,661
	Conservative	James Leslie	15.2%	789	812.5	813.8	828.8	838.8	855.1	1,029.9	1,187.9
	SNP	Sally Walsh	6.8%	352	360.2	669.4	672.9	710.3	821.3	936.4
	Labour	Ryan Smart (incumbent in Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages)	4.1%	213	641.3	652.4	661.1	672.6	731
	Scottish Green	Michael Collie	3.9%	204	212.5	226.9	231.2	254.1
	Alba	Craig Dempsey	2%	101	101.8	108.7	112
	UKIP	Gerald Haddrell	0.9%	45	46.1	46.6
Electorate: 12,519  Valid: 5,169  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 1,293  Turnout: 42.1%

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Neil Crooks (incumbent)	29.4	1,486
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	21.3	1,076	1,085.03	1,089.2	1,129.6	1,670.4
	Conservative	James Leslie	17.7	896	906.2	938.7	967.1	972.9	991.5
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	14.9	757	920.4	954.8	995.4	1,013.9	1,138.7	1,553.5
	SNP	Jane Glen	11.3	570	582.4	589.8	621.06
	Scottish Green	Susan Jeynes	2.9	149	152.1	183.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harald Gavin	2.5	129	135.8
Electorate: 12,304  Valid: 5,063  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,266  Turnout: 5,149 (41.8%)

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Neil Crooks (incumbent)	39.38	1,739
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	19.11	844	1,339.8
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	18.03	796	829.5	855.5	880.9	890.6	938.7	1,507.6
	SNP	Randall Foggie	12.55	554	588.6	607.9	617.4	626.1	676.7
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Janette Hamilton	4.87	215	242.3	292.1	322.5	407.6
	Conservative	Mark Hamid	3.71	164	168.4	174.2	201.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Mainland	2.36	104	111.7	133.6
Electorate: 11,935  Valid: 4,416  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,105  Turnout: 4,498 (37.0%)

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Carol Lindsay	1,632	29.1	1	1
	Labour	Neil Crooks	1,617	28.8	2	1
	Labour	David Ross	977	17.4	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Soper	651	11.6
	Conservative	Peter Finnie	433	7.7
	Independent	Calum Addison Coulter	188	3.4
	Solidarity	Louise McLeary	109	1.9

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
2. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.