Leven, Kennoway and Largo (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Leven, Kennoway and Largo is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		David Alexander (SNP)		Alistair Hunter (SNP)		Charles Haffey (Labour)		Marilyn Whitehead (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Tom Adams (Labour)
2016	Alistair Suttie (SNP)
2017			Colin Davidson (Labour)		Graham Ritchie (Conservative)
2022					Eugene Clarke (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	31.7%	2,077
	Labour	Colin Davidson (incumbent)	20.6%	1,348
	Liberal Democrats	Eugene Clarke	19.3%	1,268	1,307.8	1,312.5
	SNP	Alistair Suttie (incumbent)	10.8%	707	1,323.2
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie (incumbent)	10.4%	683	686.7	688.5
	Labour	Jacob Winton	4.1%	271	287.2	310.9
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	2.4%	156	199.5	200.3
	Scottish Family	Davina Saunders	0.7%	49	52.7	53
Electorate: 15,245  Valid: 6,559  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 1,312  Turnout: 43.9%

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	23.6	1,506
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie	21.02	1,339
	SNP	Alistair Suttie (incumbent)	15.7	1,002	1,194.9	1,196.2	1,204.9	1,256.9	1,348.9
	Labour	Colin Davidson	13.9	885	892.9	900.7	902.6	913.5	1,109.7	1,124.09	1,972.9
	Labour	Tom Adams (incumbent)	13.7	872	879.09	883.7	886.9	901.2	988.6	1,001.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wood	9.8	625	628.2	652.9	656.3	687.6
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	1.8	115	122.09	124.3	127.6
	Solidarity	Craig Duncan	0.39	25	27.5	28.3
Electorate: 14,841  Valid: 6,369  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 1,274  Turnout: 6,491 (43.7%)

2016 By-election

A by election was called after Alistair Hunter resigned his seat ahead of his emigration to Australia. ^[3]

Leven, Kennoway and Largo by-election (15 December 2016) - 1 seat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Alistair Suttie	36.95%	1,501	1,532	1,615	1,668	2,214
	Labour	Colin Davidson	28.43%	1,155	1,169	1,302	1,620
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie	18.51%	752	754	954
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wood	14.28%	580	590
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	1.82%	74
Valid: 4,062  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 2,032  Turnout: 4,090 (27.6%)

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	23.40	1,383
	Labour	Charles Haffey (incumbent)	19.08	1,128	1,136.5	1,150.5	1,170.7	1,254.1
	Labour	Tom Adams	16.21	958	963.6	967.2	990.4	1,056.1	1,115.3	1,123.3	1,287.7
	SNP	Alistair Hunter (incumbent) †13	12.59	744	856.9	1,149.1	1,177.3	1,239.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Trotter	9.96	589	592.3	602.5	747	843.6	846.1	851.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Joe Cochrane	6.92	409	417.9	427.1	503.8
	Conservative	Dave Mole	6.80	402	404.3	407.3
	SNP	Alistair Suttie	5.04	298	347.7
Electorate: 14,903  Valid: 5,911  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 1,183  Turnout: 6,006 (40.30%)

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Leven, Kennoway and Largo

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Alexander	2,164	29.6	1	1
	Labour	Charles Haffey	1,676	22.9	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Whitehead	1,118	15.3	4	5
	SNP	Alistair Hunter	880	12.0	3	5
	Conservative	Bill Brooks	799	10.9
	Labour	Vincent Heneghan	578	7.9
	UKIP	Rab Hutchison	89	1.4

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.
3. "Resignation sparks Levenmouth by election".
4. "Leven, Kennoway and Largo by-election, 2016". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.