- North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency).
North East Fife Scottish Parliament
county constituency
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 1999 Iain Smith Liberal Democrats 2003 2007 2011 Roderick Campbell Scottish National Party Election results
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Fife[2][3] 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 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 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 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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