West Fife and Coastal Villages (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife area council in the southeast of Scotland. It elects three Councillors.

Contents

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
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)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Labour Graeme Downie24.9%1,4821,487 1,492       
SNP Sam Steele21.8%1,3011,307 1,330 1,330 1,336 1,417 1,448 1,509.1  
Conservative Conner Young17.1%1,0171,020 1,020 1,020 1,056 1,062 1,179 1,286.2 1,286.2 1,425.4
SNP Katie Strang14%837843 860 860 865 933 961 1,012 1,027.9  
Labour Jacqueline McKenna7.7%458458 461 461.8 471.8 501.8 640.8    
Liberal Democrats Jo Cockburn6.7%399402 406 406.1 418 460.1     
Scottish Green Craig McCutcheon4.1%246251 264 264 273      
Scottish Family Danny Smith1.6%9497 107 107       
Alba William Gavin1.4%8392         
Independent Martin Keatings0.8%46         
Electorate: 13,553  Valid: 5,963  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 1,491  Turnout: 44.9%  

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    2017 Election

    2017 Fife Council election

    West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Labour Bobby Clelland (incumbent)27.08%1,682      
    Conservative Mino Manekshaw19.1%1,1861,190.4 1,197.4 1,253.5 1,382.4 1,542.6 1,575.5
    SNP Kate Stewart (incumbent)†††††17.45%1,0841,091.1 1,138.1 1,173.3 1,203.4 1,271.7 2,250
    SNP Willie Gavin15.94%990994.2 1,018.4 1,031.6 1,067.6 1,139  
    Labour Suzanne Davies8.66%538635.1 654.5 691.5 816.2   
    Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder5.8%360363.5 382.5 438    
    Independent Martin Keatings3.54%220222.6 245.9     
    Scottish Green Jeroen Van Leeuwen2.43%151152.3      
    Electorate: 13,030  Valid: 6,211  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,553  Turnout: 6,348 (48.7%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 Fife Council election

      West Fife and Coastal Villages - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Labour Bobby Clelland (incumbent)30.651,933       
      SNP Kate Stewart15.739921,020.8 1,035.8 1,055.3 1,077.8 1,597.3  
      Labour Alice Callaghan14.118901,420.1      
      Independent William Ferguson (incumbent)11.46723749.4 771.6 810.1 956.8 975.2 1,053.8 1,394.8
      Liberal Democrats Gerry McMullan (incumbent)9.59605618.5 631.1 646.2 859.5 871.6 916  
      SNP Len Woods8.77553565.8 569.7 576.2 590.1    
      Conservative Bruce Holborn8.01505511.9 516.6 531.1     
      Scottish Senior Citizens Charlie Ross1.68106114.7 128.2      
      Electorate: 14,331  Valid: 6,307  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 863  Turnout: 6,385 (44.01%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 Fife Council election

        West Fife and Coastal Villages
        PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
        Labour Bobby Clelland1,82623.011
        Liberal Democrats Gerry McMullan1,72221.621
        SNP Bill Walker1,66320.931
        Independent William Ferguson1,24415.646
        Labour Helen Law89611.3
        Conservative Dennis Halligan6057.6

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        References

        1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
        2. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.