North East Fife
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North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency).
| North East Fife | |
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| Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MSP | Roderick Campbell |
| Council area | Fife |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth, Stirling and Tayside North.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
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[1]. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.
For the next election in 2011, the reshaped North East Fife constituency will be formed from the following electoral wards;
- In full: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast, Tay Bridgehead, St Andrews, East Neuk and Landward, Cupar
Description of the constituency
The constituency includes the bustling market town of Cupar and the famous St Andrews. It is a relatively prosperous, largely rural, lowland seat, on the coast, with successful livestock farming, fruit-growing and tourism interests. Unemployment is relatively low.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Iain Smith | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2011 | Roderick Campbell | Scottish National Party | |
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Fife[2][3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Roderick Campbell | 11,029 | 37.2 | +16.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Smith | 8,437 | 28.4 | -13.8 | |
| Conservative | Miles Briggs | 5,618 | 18.9 | -7.8 | |
| Labour | Colin Davidson | 3,613 | 12.2 | +4.3 | |
| UKIP | Mike Scott-Hayward | 979 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,592 | 8.7 | |||
| Turnout | 29,676 | 50.1 | |||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | + 16.8 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Smith | 13,307 | 42.2 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Ted Brocklebank | 8,291 | 26.3 | -2.5 | |
| SNP | Roderick Campbell | 6,735 | 21.4 | +8.8 | |
| Labour | Kenny Young | 2,557 | 8.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Tony Campbell | 662 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 5,016 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 31,552 | 51.7 | +1.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Smith | 13,479 | 46.0 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Ted Brocklebank | 8,424 | 28.8 | +4.0 | |
| SNP | Capre Ross-Williams | 3,660 | 12.5 | -6.0 | |
| Labour | Gregor Poynton | 2,353 | 8.0 | -7.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Carlo Morelli | 1,366 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,055 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 29,282 | 49.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Smith | 13,590 | 37.81 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Ted Brocklebank | 8,526 | 23.72 | N/A | |
| SNP | Colin Welsh | 6,373 | 17.73 | N/A | |
| Labour | Charles Milne | 5,175 | 14.40 | N/A | |
| Independent | Donald MacGregor | 1,540 | 4.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Robert Beveridge | 737 | 2.05 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,064 | 14.05 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,941 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Footnotes
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36125.stm
- ^ http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/fife_council/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=339F18CE-92BF-4943-8F97-6C0A03C023DA
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