Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glenrothes and Mid Fife (UK Parliament constituency).

Mid Fife and Glenrothes
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Mid Fife and Glenrothes shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate	54,098 (2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	SNP
MSP	Jenny Gilruth
Council area	Fife

Mid Fife and Glenrothes is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of the nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. ^[2] Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the previous Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

The seat has been held by Jenny Gilruth of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling. ^[2] The regions covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area, the Perth and Kinross council area and the Stirling council area. ^[3]

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

The seat was created as a result of the first first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2011, and covers the new town of Glenrothes, alongwith smaller settlements such as Largo, Leven, and Kennoway. The following electoral wards of Fife Council were used to define the constituency of Mid Fife and Glenrothes at this review: ^[4]

• Glenrothes West and Kinglassie (entire ward)
• Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch (entire ward)
• Glenrothes Central and Thornton (entire ward)
• Leven, Kennoway and Largo (entire ward)

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were left unchanged. ^{[5] [6]}

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Tricia Marwick	SNP
			Presiding Officer
	2016	Jenny Gilruth	SNP

Election results

Mid Fife & Glenrothes election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Jenny Gilruth [a]	18,115	55.4	0.9	15,877	48.5	2.1
	Labour	Altany Craik	7,881	24.1	1.4	6,326	19.3	2.9
	Conservative	David MacPhee	4,500	13.8	1.7	5,654	17.3	0.8
	Green					1,787	5.5	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Liston	1,789	5.5	1.0	1,570	4.8	1.2
	Alba					535	1.6	New
	All for Unity					322	1.0	New
	Scottish Family	Steve Saunders	385	1.2	New	220	0.7	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					113	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					106	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					68	0.2	0.0
	Reform					60	0.2	New
	UKIP					41	0.1	2.0
	Independent	Martin Keatings				24	0.1	New
	Renew					11	0.0	New
	Independent	Mercy Kamanja				3	0.0	New
Majority			10,234	31.3	2.3
Valid Votes			32,670			32,717
Invalid Votes			70			40
Turnout			32,740	59.9	6.1	32,757	59.9	6.1
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Jenny Gilruth	15,555	54.5	2.2	14,495	50.6	0.9
	Labour	Kay Morrison	7,279	25.5	10.9	6,365	22.2	10.8
	Conservative	Alex Stewart-Clark	4,427	15.5	9.1	4,718	16.5	10.0
	Green					1,140	4.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jane-Ann Liston	1,286	4.5	2.1	1,030	3.6	1.4
	UKIP					603	2.1	1.3
	Solidarity					121	0.4	0.4
	RISE					91	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					58	0.2	New
Majority			8,276	29.0	13.1
Valid Votes			28,547			28,621
Invalid Votes			74			46
Turnout			28,621	53.8	4.6	28,667	53.8	4.6
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tricia Marwick [a]	13,761	52.3	N/A	13,099	49.7	N/A
	Labour	Claire Baker [a]	9,573	36.4	N/A	8,702	33.0	N/A
	Conservative	Allan Smith	1,676	6.4	N/A	1,713	6.5	N/A
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Parker	673	2.6	N/A	587	2.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Leslie	630	2.4	N/A	575	2.2	N/A
	Green					493	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Roger				316	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour					229	0.9	N/A
	BNP					210	0.8	N/A
	UKIP					205	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					81	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Christian					76	0.3	N/A
	CPA					54	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					12	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,188	15.9	N/A
Valid Votes			26,313			26,352
Invalid Votes			108			87
Turnout			26,421	49.2	N/A	26,439	49.2	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Preceded by Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Constituency or Region represented by the Presiding Officer 2011-2016

Succeeded by West Scotland

References

1. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
2. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
3. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
4. "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
5. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108-111.
6. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 142.
7. "Constituencies A-Z: Mid Fife & Glenrothes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
8. "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
9. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
10. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

Bibliography

• "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

External links

• "Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency map (2025 review)" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
• "Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency map (2011 review)" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland . Retrieved 14 July 2021.