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West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife area council in central east Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife area council in central east Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bill Walker (SNP) | Bobby McClelland (Labour) | William Ferguson (Ind.) | Gerry McMullan (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Kate Stewart (SNP/ Ind.) | Alice Callaghan (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | Mino Manekshaw (Conservative) | 3 seats | ||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Sam Steele (SNP) | Graeme Downie (Labour) | Conner Young (Conservative) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Karen Beaton | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Buchanan-Quigley | |||
| Scottish Green | Fiona McOwan | |||
| Independent | George Morton | |||
| Conservative | David Ross | |||
| Scottish Family | Danny Smith | |||
| SNP | Paul Steele | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Labour | Graeme Downie | 24.9 | 1,482 | 1,487 | 1,492 | ||||||||
| SNP | Sam Steele | 21.8 | 1,301 | 1,307 | 1,330 | 1,330 | 1,336 | 1,417 | 1,448 | 1,509 | |||
| Conservative | Conner Young | 17.1 | 1,017 | 1,020 | 1,020 | 1,020 | 1,056 | 1,062 | 1,179 | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,425 | |
| SNP | Katie Strang | 14.0 | 837 | 843 | 860 | 860 | 865 | 933 | 961 | 1,012 | 1,027 | ||
| Labour | Jacqueline McKenna | 7.7 | 458 | 458 | 461 | 461 | 471 | 501 | 640 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Cockburn | 6.7 | 399 | 402 | 406 | 406 | 418 | 460 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Craig McCutcheon | 4.1 | 246 | 251 | 264 | 264 | 273 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Danny Smith | 1.6 | 94 | 97 | 107 | 107 | |||||||
| Alba | William Gavin | 1.4 | 83 | 92 | |||||||||
| Independent | Martin Keatings | 0.8 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,553 Valid: 5,963 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,491 Turnout: 44.9% | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Bobby Clelland (incumbent) | 27.08% | 1,682 | |||||||
| Conservative | Mino Manekshaw | 19.1% | 1,186 | 1,190.4 | 1,197.4 | 1,253.5 | 1,382.4 | 1,542.6 | 1,575.5 | |
| SNP | Kate Stewart (incumbent)† | 17.45% | 1,084 | 1,091.1 | 1,138.1 | 1,173.3 | 1,203.4 | 1,271.7 | 2,250 | |
| SNP | Willie Gavin | 15.94% | 990 | 994.2 | 1,018.4 | 1,031.6 | 1,067.6 | 1,139 | ||
| Labour | Suzanne Davies | 8.66% | 538 | 635.1 | 654.5 | 691.5 | 816.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Aude Boubaker-Calder | 5.8% | 360 | 363.5 | 382.5 | 438 | ||||
| Independent | Martin Keatings | 3.54% | 220 | 222.6 | 245.9 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Jeroen Van Leeuwen | 2.43% | 151 | 152.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,030 Valid: 6,211 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 6,348 (48.7%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Bobby Clelland (incumbent) | 30.65 | 1,933 | ||||||||
| SNP | Kate Stewart | 15.73 | 992 | 1,020.8 | 1,035.8 | 1,055.3 | 1,077.8 | 1,597.3 | |||
| Labour | Alice Callaghan | 14.11 | 890 | 1,420.1 | |||||||
| Independent | William Ferguson (incumbent) | 11.46 | 723 | 749.4 | 771.6 | 810.1 | 956.8 | 975.2 | 1,053.8 | 1,394.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry McMullan (incumbent) | 9.59 | 605 | 618.5 | 631.1 | 646.2 | 859.5 | 871.6 | 916 | ||
| SNP | Len Woods | 8.77 | 553 | 565.8 | 569.7 | 576.2 | 590.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Bruce Holborn | 8.01 | 505 | 511.9 | 516.6 | 531.1 | |||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Charlie Ross | 1.68 | 106 | 114.7 | 128.2 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,331 Valid: 6,307 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 863 Turnout: 6,385 (44.01%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bobby Clelland | 1,826 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry McMullan | 1,722 | 21.6 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Bill Walker | 1,663 | 20.9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Independent | William Ferguson | 1,244 | 15.6 | 4 | 6 | |
| Labour | Helen Law | 896 | 11.3 | |||
| Conservative | Dennis Halligan | 605 | 7.6 | |||
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