Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament electoral region
The Mid Scotland and Fife region shown within Scotland
Created 1999
Current representation
Scottish National Party	9 MSPs
Labour Party	4 MSPs
Conservative	2 MSP
Liberal Democrats	1 MSPs
Constituencies Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
Council areas Angus (part) Clackmannanshire Fife Perth and Kinross (part) Stirling

Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, West of Scotland, Highlands and Islands and North East Scotland regions, and is connected with the Lothians region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.

Constituencies and council areas 2011 onwards

The constituencies were created in 2011.

Constituency	Map
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members and one additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional members)
• 2 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	Keith Brown	SNP hold
	Cowdenbeath	Helen Eadie	Labour hold
	Dunfermline	Bill Walker	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Fife Mid and Glenrothes	Tricia Marwick	SNP hold
	Fife North East	Roderick Campbell	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	David Torrance	SNP gain from Labour
	Perthshire North	John Swinney	SNP hold
	Perthshire South & Kinross-shire	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP hold
	Stirling	Bruce Crawford	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing	1	±0	116,691	45.2%	+12.7%
	Labour	John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson	3	0	64,623	25.0%	-2.1%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Elizabeth Smith	2	-1	36,458	14.1%	-1.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	1	+1	15,103	5.9%	-7.7%
	Scottish Green		0	0	10,914	4.2%	+0.5%
	All Scotland Pensioners Party		0	0	4,113	1.6%	-0.4
	UKIP		0	0	2,838	1.1%	+0.5%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,771	0.7%	+0.1%
	BNP		0	0	1,726	0.7%	-0.3%
	Independent		0	0	1,446	0.6%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	834	0.3%	-0.1%
	Scottish Christian		0	0	786	0.3%	-0.3%
	Christian Peoples		0	0	638	0.2%	0
	Solidarity		0	0	202	0.1%	-0.8%

Constituencies and council areas pre-2011

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.^[1] The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas,^[2] the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.

The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.

Constituency

Map

Dunfermline East covers a south-western portion of the Fife council area. Dunfermline West covers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East. Fife Central covers a central portion of the Fife council area. Fife North East covers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area. Kirkcaldy covers a southern portion of the Fife council area. North Tayside covers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area. Ochil covers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area. Perth covers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area.

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
• 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Jim Tolson	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Fife Central	Tricia Marwick	SNP gain from Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP
	Ochil	Keith Brown	SNP
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
	Stirling	Bruce Crawford	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Chris Harvie	1	-1	90,090	33.0%	+10%
	Labour	John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson	3	+3	71,922	26.3%	+1.0%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Elizabeth Smith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	44,341	16.2%	-1.3%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	36,195	13.2%	+1.2%
	Scottish Green		0	-1	10,318	3.8%	-3.1%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	5,523	2.0%	N/A
	BNP		0	0	2,620	1.0%	N/A
	Solidarity		0	0	2,468	0.9%	N/A
	Scottish Christian		0	0	1,698	0.6%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	1,587	0.6%	-0.4%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,523	0.6%	-0.4%
	Publican Party		0	0	1,309	0.5%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,116	0.4%	-4.2%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	919	0.3%	N/A
	Christian Peoples		0	0	790	0.3%	N/A
	Free Scotland		0	0	664	0.2%	N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
• 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour
	Fife Central	Christine May	Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP
	Ochil	George Reid	SNP
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	0	63,239	25.3%	-8.0%
	SNP	Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	2	−1	57,631	23.0%	-5.7%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Brian Monteith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	43,941	17.6%	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan	1	±0	30,112	12.0%	-0.7%
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell	1	+1	17,147	6.9%	+3.0%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	11,401	4.6%	+3.6%
	Scottish Pensioners		0	0	8,380	3.4%	N/A
	Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures		0	0	5,064	2.0%	N/A
	Save Local Hospitals		0	0	4,622	1.9%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	2,355	0.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,273	0.9%	-0.5%
	Scottish People's		0	0	1,191	0.5%	N/A
	Christian Independent Alliance		0	0	1,064	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	996	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	637	0.3%	N/A

Changes:

• Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January, 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
• Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour
	Fife Central	Henry McLeish	Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	Kirkaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP
	Ochil	Richard Simpson	Labour
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	N/A	101,964	33.3%	N/A
	SNP	George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	3	N/A	87,659	28.7%	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith	3	N/A	56,719	18.6%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan	1	N/A	38,896	12.7%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	11,821	3.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	4,266	1.4%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	N/A	3,044	1.0%	N/A
	ProLife Alliance		0	N/A	735	0.2%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	558	0.2%	N/A

Changes:

• Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on August 10, 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.

Footnotes

1. ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.