Marilyn Livingstone | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy | |
In office 6 May 1999 –22 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | new constituency |
Succeeded by | David Torrance |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 September 1952 |
Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Marilyn Livingstone (born 30 September 1952) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician,who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Kirkcaldy constituency from 1999 to 2011.
Before her election in 1999 she was the head of the Business School at Fife College. [1] She was also a councillor on Kirkcaldy District Council and Fife Council. She won re-election from the Kirkcaldy constituency in the 2003 and 2007 elections,
In the 2011 election she was unsuccessful,losing to the Scottish National Party's David Torrance by 182 votes. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | David Torrance | 12,579 | 45.2 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 12,397 | 44.6 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Ian McFarlane | 2,007 | 7.2 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 820 | 2.9 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 182 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,803 | 46.0 | |||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,627 | 43.9 | -2.8 | |
SNP | Chris Harvie | 8,005 | 33.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alice Soper | 3,361 | 13.9 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | David Potts | 2,202 | 9.1 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 2,622 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,195 | 47.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,235 | 46.7 | -1.5 | |
SNP | Colin Welsh | 5,411 | 24.7 | -7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 2,417 | 11.0 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,332 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rudi Vogels | 1,544 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 4,824 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,939 | 44.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.6% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 13,645 | 48.14 | N/A | |
SNP | Stewart Hosie | 9,170 | 32.35 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,907 | 10.26 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 2,620 | 9.24 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,475 | 15.79 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,342 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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