North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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North East Fife
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population75,226 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP Willie Rennie
Council area Fife

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) 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 additionally one of 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.

Contents

The seat has been held since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election by Willie Rennie, the former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

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

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. [2] The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the reshaped North East Fife constituency was formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife: [3]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Iain Smith Liberal Democrats
2011 Roderick Campbell SNP
2016 Willie Rennie Liberal Democrats

Election results

North East Fife election results 1999-2021 NorthEastFife 1999-2021.png
North East Fife election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife [4] [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie [lower-alpha 1] 22,16355.1Increase2.svg11.211,72829.1Increase2.svg2.5
SNP Rhuaraidh Fleming14,71536.6Increase2.svg2.912,48430.9Decrease2.svg0.9
Conservative Rhona Metcalfe2,3235.8Decrease2.svg10.88,10820.1Decrease2.svg4.1
Scottish Green 4,06810.1Increase2.svg2.3
Labour Wendy Hayes1,0562.6Decrease2.svg3.32,4256.0Decrease2.svg1.1
Alba 5851.4New
All for Unity 3030.8New
Scottish Family 2140.5New
Libertarian 1110.3Decrease2.svg0.1
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1100.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)730.2New
Reform UK 710.2New
UKIP 350.1Decrease2.svg1.5
Independent Martin Keatings320.1New
Renew 110.0New
Independent Mercy Kamanja50.0New
Majority7,44818.5Increase2.svg8.4
Valid Votes40,25740,363
Invalid Votes15953
Turnout 40,41668.9Increase2.svg5.740,41668.9Increase2.svg5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg7.1
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie [lower-alpha 1] 14,92843.8Increase2.svg15.49,05426.5Increase2.svg9.3
SNP Roderick Campbell [lower-alpha 2] 11,46333.7Decrease2.svg3.510,86031.8Decrease2.svg7.5
Conservative Huw Bell5,64616.6Decrease2.svg2.38,26024.2Increase2.svg5.7
Scottish Green 2,6657.8Increase2.svg0.5
Labour Rosalind Garton2,0265.9Decrease2.svg6.32,4277.1Decrease2.svg4.7
UKIP 5531.6Decrease2.svg1.3
Libertarian 1390.4New
RISE 1020.3New
Solidarity 710.2Increase2.svg0.1
Majority3,46510.1N/A
Valid Votes34,06334,131
Invalid Votes10148
Turnout 34,16463.2Increase2.svg12.534,17963.2Increase2.svg12.5
Liberal Democrats gain from SNP Swing Increase2.svg8.4
Notes
  1. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife [6] [5] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Roderick Campbell 11,02937.2N/A11,69939.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith [lower-alpha 1] 8,43728.4N/A5,12017.2N/A
Conservative Miles Briggs 5,61818.9N/A5,50718.5N/A
Labour Colin Davidson3,61312.2N/A3,50311.8N/A
Scottish Green 2,1887.4N/A
UKIP Mike Scott-Hayward9793.3N/A5651.9N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 4871.6N/A
BNP 1660.6N/A
Independent Andrew Roger1330.4N/A
Socialist Labour 830.3N/A
Scottish Socialist 1270.4N/A
CPA 850.3N/A
Scottish Christian 630.2N/A
Solidarity 230.1N/A
Majority2,5928.7N/A
Valid Votes29,67629,749
Invalid Votes156112
Turnout 29,83550.7N/A29,86150.7N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,307 42.2 -3.8
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,29126.3-2.5
SNP Roderick Campbell 6,73521.4+8.9
Labour Kenny Young2,5578.1+0.1
Independent Tony Campbell6622.1New
Majority5,01615.9-1.3
Turnout 31,55251.7+1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.7
2003 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,479 46.0 +7.2
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,42428.8+4.1
SNP Capre Ross-Williams3,66012.5-6.2
Labour Gregor Poynton2,3538.0-6.4
Scottish Socialist Carlo Morelli1,3664.7New
Majority5,05517.2+3.1
Turnout 29,28249.9-8.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.5

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,590 37.8 N/A
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,52623.7N/A
SNP Colin Welsh6,37317.7N/A
Labour Charles Milne5,17514.4N/A
Independent Donald MacGregor1,5404.3N/A
Independent Robert Beveridge7372.1N/A
Majority5,06414.1N/A
Turnout 35,94158.4N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Footnotes

  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. "Constituencies A-Z: Fife North East". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. "BBC News - Election 2011 - Scotland - Fife North East". BBC News.
  7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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