Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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Mid Scotland and Fife
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Mid Scotland and Fife shown within Scotland
Population668,930 (2019) [1]
Current electoral region
Created 1999
MSPs Scottish National Party 8
Conservative 4
Labour 2
Liberal Democrats 1
Scottish Greens 1
Council areas Clackmannanshire
Fife
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
Constituencies Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Mid Fife and Glenrothes
North East Fife
Perthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Stirling

Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

Contents

The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and West of Scotland regions and is connected with the Lothian region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.

Constituencies and council areas

2026–present

Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Map of boundaries from 2011

As a result of the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Map of boundaries from 2011

2011–2026

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

MapConstituency
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  1. Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
  2. Cowdenbeath
  3. Dunfermline
  4. Kirkcaldy
  5. Mid Fife and Glenrothes
  6. North East Fife
  7. Perthshire North
  8. Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
  9. Stirling

1999–2011

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. [2] The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas, [3] the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.

The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.

MapConstituency
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  1. Dunfermline East
    covers a south-western portion of the Fife council area.
  2. Dunfermline West
    covers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East.
  3. Fife Central
    covers a central portion of the Fife council area.
  4. Fife North East
    covers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area.
  5. Kirkcaldy
    covers a southern portion of the Fife council area.
  6. North Tayside
    covers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area.
  7. Ochil
    covers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area.
  8. Perth
    covers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
  9. Stirling
    covers most of the Stirling council area.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

TermElection Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Ochil Fife Central Kirkcaldy Fife North East North Tayside Perth Stirling
1st 1999 Helen Eadie
(Labour)
Scott Barrie
(Labour)
Richard Simpson
(Labour)
Henry McLeish
(Labour)
Marilyn Livingstone
(Labour)
Iain Smith
(LD)
John Swinney
(SNP)
Roseanna Cunningham
(SNP)
Sylvia Jackson
(Labour)
2nd 2003 George Reid
(SNP)
Christine May
(SNP)
3rd 2007 Jim Tolson
(Lib Dem)
Keith Brown
(SNP)
Tricia Marwick
(SNP)
Bruce Crawford
(SNP)
TermElection Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Mid Fife and Glenrothes Kirkcaldy North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
4th 2011 Helen Eadie
(Labour)
Bill Walker
(SNP)

(later Independent)

Keith Brown
(SNP)
Tricia Marwick
(SNP)
David Torrance
(SNP)
Roderick Campbell
(SNP)
John Swinney
(SNP)
Roseanna Cunningham
(SNP)
Bruce Crawford
(SNP)
2013 by Cara Hilton
(Labour)
2014 by Alex Rowley
(Labour)
5th 2016 Annabelle Ewing
(SNP)
Shirley-Anne Somerville
(SNP)
Jenny Gilruth
(SNP)
Willie Rennie
(Lib Dem)
6th 2021 Jim Fairlie
(SNP)
Evelyn Tweed
(SNP)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

TermElection
(Replacement date)
MSPMSPMSPMSPMSPMSPMSP
1st 1999–2003 Bruce Crawford
(SNP)
Tricia Marwick
(SNP)
George Reid
(SNP)
Keith
Raffan

(Lib Dem)
Keith
Harding

(Conservative)
Nick Johnston
(Conservative)
Brian Monteith
(Conservative)
2001 Murdo Fraser
(Conservative)
2nd 2003–07 Mark Ruskell
(Green)
Ted Brocklebank
(Conservative)
2005 Andrew Arbuckle
(Lib Dem)
3rd 2007–11 Chris Harvie
(SNP)
John Park
(Labour)
Claire Brennan-Baker
(Labour)
Richard Simpson
(Labour)
Liz Smith
(Conservative)
4th 2011–16 Annabelle Ewing
(SNP)
Willie Rennie
(Lib Dem)
Jayne Baxter
(Labour)
5th 2016–21 Mark Ruskell
(Green)
Alex Rowley
(Labour)
Dean Lockhart
(Conservative)
Alexander Stewart
(Conservative)
6th 2021–
2022 Roz McCall
(Conservative)

Election results

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Mid Scotland & Fife election results 1999-2021

2026 Scottish Parliament election

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
SNP
Conservative
Labour
Scottish Green Mark Ruskell, Mags Hall, Caitlin Ripley, Ryan Blackadder, Marie Stadtler, Clare Andrews, Andrew Adam, Paul Vallot, Elspeth Maclachlan
Liberal Democrats Claire McLaren
Reform UK
Alba
Sovereignty Laurie Moffat

2021 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown SNP hold
Cowdenbeath Annabelle Ewing SNP hold
Dunfermline Shirley-Anne Somerville SNP hold
Kirkcaldy David Torrance SNP hold
Mid Fife and Glenrothes Jenny Gilruth SNP hold
North East Fife Willie Rennie Liberal Democrats hold
Perthshire North John Swinney SNP hold
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Jim Fairlie SNP hold
Stirling Evelyn Tweed SNP hold

Additional member results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife [4] [5]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
SNP Stefan Hoggan-Radu, John Swinney , Keith Brown , Annabelle Ewing , Jim Fairlie , David Torrance , Ross Cunningham, Fiona Sarwar, Moraig Henderson, Lee Robb, Rosemary Hunter136,82539.8Decrease2.svg1.5
Conservative Murdo Fraser , Liz Smith , Dean Lockhart , Alexander Stewart , Roz McCall, Angus Forbes, Rhona Metcalfe, Darren Watt, Moira Benny, Kathleen Leslie, David MacPhee85,90925.0Decrease2.svg0.2
Labour Claire Baker , Alex Rowley , Julie MacDougall, Craig Miller, Chris Kane, Ryan Smart, Ewan Dillon52,62615.3Decrease2.svg2.3
Scottish Green Mark Ruskell , Mags Hall, Marion Robertson, Fiona McOwan, Scott Rutherford, Jeroen van Leeuwen, Elspeth MacLachlan, Paul Vallot, Amy Smith, Craig McCutcheon28,6548.3Increase2.svg2.2
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie , Peter Barrett, Aude Boubaker-Calder, Julia Brown, Jane Liston, Fayzan Rehman, Aisha Mir25,4897.4Increase2.svg0.4
Alba Eva Comrie, Neale Hanvey, Jim Eadie, Stephanie Reilly5,8931.7Increase2.svg1.7
All for Unity Linda Holt, Imam Khan, Brian Henderson, Ian Stewart, James Glen, Graham Dawson, Michael Saint2,5780.7Increase2.svg0.7
Scottish Family Donald Marshall, Stephen Saunders, Davina Saunders, Anil Alexander, George Carratt, Linda Mair, Paul Lynch1,9200.6Increase2.svg0.6
Abolish the Scottish Parliament Ian Mann, John Duff9450.3Increase2.svg0.3
Freedom AllianceLisa Brackenridge, Eren Sinclair, Stuart Cairns, Kathleen Elliott8370.2Increase2.svg0.2
Scottish Libertarian Calum Paul, George Morton8180.2Steady2.svg0.0
Reform UK Kenneth Morton, Victoria McCann, Otto Inglis, Alexander Black, Guy Addison, Karen Morton8080.2Increase2.svg0.2
UKIP Lynda Davis, Douglas Watters, George Cormack, Edward McNally3990.1Decrease2.svg1.7
Independent Martin James Keatings2300.1Increase2.svg0.1
Renew Bruce Henderson, Stefan Diesing990.0Steady2.svg0.0
Independent Mercy Mugure Kamanja290.0Steady2.svg0.0

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown SNP hold
Cowdenbeath Annabelle Ewing SNP gain from Labour
Dunfermline Shirley-Anne Somerville SNP hold
Kirkcaldy David Torrance SNP hold
Mid Fife and Glenrothes Jenny Gilruth SNP hold
North East Fife Willie Rennie Liberal Democrats gain from SNP
Perthshire North John Swinney SNP hold
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Roseanna Cunningham SNP hold
Stirling Bruce Crawford SNP hold

Additional member results

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
SNP 0-1120,12841.3-3.9
Conservative Murdo Fraser
Liz Smith
Alexander Stewart
Dean Lockhart
4+273,29325.2+11.0
Labour Claire Brennan-Baker
Alex Rowley
2-151,37317.6-7.4
Liberal Democrats 0-120,4017.0+1.2
Scottish Green Mark Ruskell 1+117,8606.1+1.9
UKIP 005,3451.8+0.7
RISE 001,0730.4N/A
Solidarity 001,0490.4+0.3
Scottish Libertarian 006500.2N/A

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown SNP hold
Cowdenbeath Helen Eadie Labour hold
Dunfermline Bill Walker SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
Kirkcaldy David Torrance SNP gain from Labour
Mid Fife and Glenrothes Tricia Marwick SNP hold
North East Fife Roderick Campbell SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
Perthshire North John Swinney SNP hold
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Roseanna Cunningham SNP hold
Stirling Bruce Crawford SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
SNP Annabelle Ewing 1±0116,69145.2+12.7
Labour John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson
3064,62325.0-2.1
Conservative Murdo Fraser
Liz Smith
2-136,45814.1-1.5
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie 1+115,1035.9-7.7
Scottish Green 0010,9144.2+0.5
All Scotland Pensioners Party 004,1131.6-0.4
UKIP 002,8381.1+0.5
Socialist Labour 001,7710.7+0.1
BNP 001,7260.7-0.3
Independent 001,4460.6N/A
Scottish Socialist 008340.3-0.1
Scottish Christian 007860.3-0.3
CPA 006380.20.0
Solidarity 002020.1-0.8

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Labour
Dunfermline West Jim Tolson Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Fife Central Tricia Marwick SNP gain from Labour
Fife North East Iain Smith Liberal Democrats
Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Labour
North Tayside John Swinney SNP
Ochil Keith Brown SNP
Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP
Stirling Bruce Crawford SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
SNP Chris Harvie 1-190,09033.0+10.0
Labour John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson
3+371,92226.3+1.0
Conservative Murdo Fraser
Liz Smith
Ted Brocklebank
3±044,34116.2-1.3
Liberal Democrats 0-136,19513.2+1.2
Scottish Green 0-110,3183.8-3.1
Scottish Senior Citizens 005,5232.0N/A
BNP 002,6201.0N/A
Solidarity 002,4680.9N/A
Scottish Christian 001,6980.6N/A
UKIP 001,5870.6-0.4
Socialist Labour 001,5230.6-0.4
Publican Party001,3090.5N/A
Scottish Socialist 001,1160.4-4.2
Scottish Voice 009190.3N/A
CPA 007900.3N/A
Free Scotland Party006640.2N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Labour
Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Labour
Fife Central Christine May Labour
Fife North East Iain Smith Liberal Democrats
Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Labour
North Tayside John Swinney SNP
Ochil George Reid SNP
Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP
Stirling Sylvia Jackson Labour

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
Labour 0063,23925.3-8.0
SNP Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick
2−157,63123.0-5.7
Conservative Murdo Fraser
Brian Monteith
Ted Brocklebank
3±043,94117.6-1.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1±030,11212.0-0.7
Scottish Green Mark Ruskell 1+117,1476.9+3.0
Scottish Socialist 0011,4014.6+3.6
Scottish Pensioners 008,3803.4N/A
Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures005,0642.0N/A
Save Local Hospitals004,6221.9N/A
UKIP 002,3550.9N/A
Socialist Labour 002,2730.9-0.5
Scottish People's 001,1910.5N/A
Christian Independent Alliance001,0640.4N/A
Independent 009960.4N/A
Independent 006370.3N/A

Changes:

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
ConstituencyElected memberResult
Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
Fife Central Henry McLeish Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
Fife North East Iain Smith Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Kirkaldy Marilyn Livingstone Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
North Tayside John Swinney Scottish National Party win (new seat)
Ochil Richard Simpson Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)
Perth Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party win (new seat)
Stirling Sylvia Jackson Scottish Labour Party win (new seat)

Additional member results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
Labour 0N/A101,96433.3N/A
SNP George Reid
Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick
3N/A87,65928.7N/A
Conservative Keith Harding
Nick Johnston
Brian Monteith
3N/A56,71918.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1N/A38,89612.7N/A
Scottish Green 0N/A11,8213.9N/A
Socialist Labour 0N/A4,2661.4N/A
Scottish Socialist 0N/A3,0441.0N/A
ProLife Alliance 0N/A7350.2N/A
Natural Law 0N/A5580.2N/A

Changes:

  • Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on 10 August 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.

Footnotes

  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.
  4. Grimmond, Steve (31 March 2021). "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest Mid Scotland and Fife Region. Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council . Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. "Elections 2021: Mid Scotland and Fife". BBC News . Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.