Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Cowdenbeath
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Cowdenbeath shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
Council area	Fife

Cowdenbeath is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is 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.

Cowdenbeath was formerly part of the old Dunfermline East constituency which was abolished from 2011.

Electoral region

See also Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region

Constituency boundaries and council area

The new constituency of Cowdenbeath is formed from the following electoral wards:

• In full; Rosyth, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly and Cardenden
• In part; The Lochs

Constituency profile

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Dunfermline East

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Helen Eadie	Labour
	2003
	2007

As Cowdenbeath

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Helen Eadie	Scottish Labour Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Eadie	11,926	46.5	+3.4
	SNP	Ian Chisholm	10,679	41.6	+13.1
	Conservative	Belinda Don	1,792	7.0	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	997	3.9	-10.3
	Land Party	Mick Heenan	276	1.1	n/a
Majority			1,247	4.9
Turnout			25,670	46.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.8%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Eadie	10,995	44.8	-5.2
	SNP	Ewan Dow	7,002	28.5	+10.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brown	3,718	15.1	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	2,853	11.6	+5.4
Majority			3,993	16.3
Turnout			24,568	48.1	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.6

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Eadie	11,552	49.9	-6.0
	SNP	Janet Law	4,262	18.4	-8.2
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	2,485	10.7	+0.9
	Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services	Brian Walker Stewart	1,890	8.2	+8.2
	Scottish Socialist	Linda Graham	1,537	6.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rodger Spillane	1,428	6.2	-1.5
Majority			7,290	31.5
Turnout			23,154	45.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.8

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Eadie	16,574	55.89	N/A
	SNP	David McCarthy	7,877	26.56	N/A
	Conservative	Carrie Ruxton	2,931	9.88	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Lawson	2,276	7.67	N/A
Majority			8,697	29.33
Turnout			29,658
	Labour hold		Swing

Footnotes