Location of the ward [1]
Rosyth is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
Rosyth is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Douglas Chapman (SNP) | Pat Callaghan (Labour) | Keith Legg (Liberal Democrats) | |||
| 2012 | Mike Shirkie (Labour) | |||||
| 2015 | Sharon Wilson (SNP) | |||||
| 2017 | Samantha Steele (SNP) | Andrew Verrecchia (Labour) | Tony Orton (Conservative) | |||
| 2019 | Sharon Green-Wilson (SNP) | |||||
| 2022 | Brian Goodall (SNP) | Andy Jackson (SNP) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia (incumbent) | 26.3 | 1,274 | |||||||||
| SNP | Brian Goodall | 22.4 | 1,085 | 1,088 | 1,089 | 1,092 | 1,139 | 1,232 | ||||
| SNP | Andy Jackson | 17.0 | 826 | 829 | 831 | 833 | 883 | 955 | 973 | 1,032 | 1,120 | |
| Conservative | Grant Thomson | 16.8 | 813 | 824 | 830 | 854 | 871 | 884 | 884 | 1,000 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Teresa Little | 6.5 | 316 | 333 | 336 | 347 | 366 | 422 | 422 | |||
| Scottish Green | Fiona McOwan | 5.2 | 250 | 254 | 259 | 268 | 290 | |||||
| Alba | Stephen Lynas | 4.0 | 192 | 194 | 196 | 203 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Alastair Macintyre | 1.4 | 69 | 70 | 77 | |||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | George Morton | 0.5 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 11,736 Valid: 4,848 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 42.0% | ||||||||||||
On 13 September 2019 Rosyth SNP Councillor Samantha Steele resigned her seat citing health reasons and family problems. [4] A by-election was held on 14 November 2019 and Sharon Green-Wilson held the seat for the SNP.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Sharon Green-Wilson | 42.8% | 1,347 | 1,347 | 1,406 | 1,429 | 1,486 | 1,639 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Fairgrieve | 24.4% | 768 | 771 | 774 | 822 | 885 | 976 | |
| Labour | Billy Pollock | 15.2% | 480 | 480 | 498 | 526 | 591 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Blair | 7.9% | 249 | 250 | 275 | 291 | |||
| Independent | Alastair MacIntyre | 5.0% | 157 | 162 | 168 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Craig McCutcheon | 4.2% | 132 | 133 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Calum Paul | 0.5% | 16 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,554 Quota: 1,575 Turnout: 3,149 (27.5%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Tony Orton | 22.3 | 1,136 | 1,146 | 1,149 | 1,177 | 1,288 | |||||
| SNP | Samantha Steele†† | 21.9 | 1,118 | 1,122 | 1,177 | 1,194 | 1,236 | 1,236.2 | 1,281.3 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia | 18.3 | 932 | 935 | 951 | 962 | 1,050 | 1,053.8 | 1,221.8 | 1,221.9 | 1,490.7 | |
| SNP | Sharon Wilson (incumbent) | 14.6 | 742 | 742 | 754 | 766 | 777 | 777.1 | 830.2 | 835.8 | ||
| Independent | Mike Shirkie (incumbent) | 7.9 | 402 | 424 | 434 | 540 | 609 | 611.9 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Chamberlain | 7.4 | 377 | 383 | 414 | 429 | ||||||
| Independent | Steven Leckie | 3.06 | 156 | 192 | 207 | |||||||
| Scottish Green | Fiona McOwan | 2.9 | 147 | 151 | ||||||||
| Independent | Alistair MacIntyre | 1.7 | 89 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,643 Valid: 5,099 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,275 Turnout: 5,151 (44.2%) | ||||||||||||
A by-election was held after Douglas Chapman resigned, having been elected MP for Dunfermline and West Fife [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Sharon Wilson | 45.2% | 1,214 | 1,235 | 1,241 | 1,249 | 1,263 | 1,286 | 1,623 | |
| Labour | Vikki Fairweather | 34.5% | 926 | 939 | 950 | 966 | 1,012 | 1,117 | ||
| Conservative | David Ross | 9.1% | 245 | 246 | 256 | 281 | 309 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Hall | 3.6% | 97 | 102 | 112 | 122 | ||||
| UKIP | Colin Mitchelson | 3.3% | 88 | 90 | 97 | |||||
| Independent | Alastair MacIntyre | 2.5% | 66 | 68 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Cairinne MacDonald | 1.9% | 51 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,985 Valid: 2,687 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,344 Turnout: 2,709 (24.66%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Douglas Chapman (incumbent) | 27.84 | 1,076 | |||||||
| Labour | Pat Callaghan (incumbent) | 27.14 | 1,049 | |||||||
| Labour | Mike Shirkie | 20.54 | 794 | 798.1 | 865 | 881.6 | 896.5 | 930.9 | 1,044.9 | |
| SNP | Simon Tate | 7.92 | 306 | 396.5 | 398.2 | 404.6 | 415.3 | 433.2 | 510.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Audrey Dunsmore | 7.12 | 275 | 279.2 | 283.1 | 287.1 | 305.3 | 411.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Dempsey | 5.77 | 223 | 224.8 | 225.9 | 227.9 | 260.9 | |||
| UKIP | Alastair MacIntyre | 2.61 | 101 | 103.2 | 104.6 | 110.6 | ||||
| Independent | Jason McGilvray | 1.06 | 41 | 41.9 | 42.7 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,875 Valid: 3,865 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 967 Turnout: 3,924 (35.54%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Douglas Chapman | 1,672 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Pat Callaghan | 1,579 | 30.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Legg | 1,081 | 20.8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Labour | Malcolm Macaulay | 456 | 8.8 | |||
| Conservative | Richard McKell | 415 | 8.0 | |||
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