Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Mid Fife and Glenrothes
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Mid Fife and Glenrothes shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
Council area	Fife

Mid Fife and Glenrothes 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 nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the old Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 election.

Electoral region

See also Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region

Constituency boundaries and council area

The newly drawn seat of Mid Fife and Glenrothes is formed from the following electoral wards;

• Glenrothes West and Kinglassie, Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch, Glenrothes Central and Thornton, Leven, Kennoway and Largo

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Central Fife

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Henry McLeish	Labour
	2003	Christine May
	2007	Tricia Marwick	Scottish National Party

As Mid Fife and Glenrothes

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Tricia Marwick	Presiding Officer (elected as Scottish National Party)

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid-Fife & Glenrothes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	13,761	52.3	+7.9
	Labour	Claire Baker	9,573	36.4	-1.0
	Conservative	Allan Smith	1,676	6.4	-2.5
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Parket	673	2.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Leslie	630	2.4	-8.9
Majority			4,188	15.9
Turnout			26,313	48.6
	SNP hold		Swing	+3.4%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	11,920	44.2	+13.6
	Labour	Christine May	10,754	39.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	2,288	8.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Maurice Golden	2,003	7.4	+0.4
Majority			1,166	4.3
Turnout			26,965	46.3	+1.9
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	7.6

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine May	10,591	41.4	-15.9
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	7,829	30.6	-0.3
	Independent	Andrew Rodger	2,258	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	James North	1,803	7.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Richies	1,725	6.7	+0.8
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	1,391	5.4	N/A
Majority			2,762	10.8
Turnout			25,597	44.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.9

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	18,828	57.31	N/A
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	10,153	30.91	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ann Liston	1,953	5.94	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Harding	1,918	5.84	N/A
Majority			8,675	26.4
Turnout			32,852

Preceded by Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Constituency represented by the Presiding Officer 2011-present

Succeeded by Incumbent