Fife Council election, 2007

Elections to Fife Council were held on the May 3 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

Ward results

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title=2007 Council election: West Fife and Coastal VillagesIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Bobby Clelland
votes =1,826
percentage =22.95
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =William Ferguson
votes =1,244
percentage =15.64
seat =1
count =6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Dennis Halligan
votes =605
percentage =7.60
seat =
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party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Helen Law
votes =896
percentage =11.26
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Gerry McMullan
votes =1,722
percentage =21.64
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Bill Walker
votes =1,663
percentage =20.90
seat =1
count =1

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title=2007 Council election: Dunfermline NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Jim Burke
votes =1451
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Paul Callaghan
votes =313
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
party =Local Health Concern
candidate =Gill Cunningham
votes =690
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Bill McCulloch
votes =1254
percentage =
seat =1
count =4Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Jason McGilvray
votes =59
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Robert McGregor
votes =272
percentage =
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party =Scottish National Party
candidate =David Mogg
votes =1236
percentage =
seat =1
count =6

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title=2007 Council election: Dunfermline CentralIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Green Party
candidate =Graeme Allan
votes =313
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Lisa Marie Callaghan
votes =832
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Jackie McKenna
votes =1774
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Lizz Mogg
votes =1574
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Joe Rosiejak
votes =1488
percentage =
seat =1
count =2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Willie Sullivan
votes =1881
percentage =
seat =1
count =1

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title=2007 Council election: Dunfermline SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Green Party
candidate =Angela Dixon
votes =231
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Brian John Goodall
votes =1583
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Tony Martin
votes =1816
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Mike Rumney
votes =1446
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Dave Walker
votes =627
percentage =
seat =1
count =7Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Richard Jules Watt
votes =515
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Bob Young
votes =738
percentage =
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title=2007 Council election: RosythIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Pat Callaghan
votes =1579
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Douglas Chapman
votes =1672
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Keith Legg
votes =1081
percentage =
seat =1
count =4Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Malcolm Macaulay
votes =456
percentage =
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count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Richard McKell
votes =415
percentage =
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title=2007 Council election: Inverkeithing and Dalgety BayIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Chris Ashton
votes =137
percentage =
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count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Dave Dempsey
votes =1291
percentage =
seat =1
count =7Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Bob Eadie
votes =1510
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Dave Herbert
votes =1337
percentage =
seat =1
count =2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Alice McGarry
votes =2172
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =David Noble
votes =60
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Jim Philp
votes =512
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Green Party
candidate =Ian Sinclair
votes =349
percentage =
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title=2007 Council election: The LochsIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Ann Bain
votes =957
percentage =
seat =1
count =7Irish Election box candidate
party =
candidate =Willie Clarke
votes =1291
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =John Devine
votes =818
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =David Hicks
votes =170
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =James Pate Ireland
votes =72
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Douglas McLellan
votes =259
percentage =
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count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Alex Rowley
votes =961
percentage =
seat =1
count =7Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate =Kate Stewart
votes =81
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: CowdenbeathIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Robert Arnott
votes =384
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Alistair John Bain
votes =968
percentage =
seat =1
count =7Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Mary Hipwell
votes =246
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
party =
candidate =Alex Maxwell
votes =1350
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Lesley McEwan
votes =624
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =John Simpson
votes =1414
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Keith Smith
votes =148
percentage =
seat =
count =

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Lochgelly and CardendenIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Lesley Anne Burke
votes =153
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Ian Chisholm
votes =1036
percentage =
seat =1
count =5Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Margot Doig
votes =1225
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Mark Hood
votes =1228
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Ernest McPherson
votes =637
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Graeme Whyte
votes =137
percentage =
seat =
count =

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western KirkcaldyIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Peter Adams
votes =164
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Ron Edwards
votes =1344
percentage =
seat =1
count =2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =George Kay
votes =2204
percentage =
seat =1
count =1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Susan Leslie
votes =910
percentage =
seat =1
count =5Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Jamie Potton
votes =567
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Collett Salvona
votes =649
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Calum Addison Coulter
votes =188
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Neil Crooks
votes =1617
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Peter Finnie
votes =433
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Carol Lindsay
votes =1632
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate =Louise McLeary
votes =109
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =David Ross
votes =977
percentage =
seat =1
count =7 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Les Soper
votes =651
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy CentralIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Judy Hamilton
votes =1227
percentage =
seat =1
count =6 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =John G Mackenzie
votes =965
percentage =
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count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Susan McCulloch
votes =462
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Alice Soper
votes =1075
percentage =
seat =1
count =4 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =David Torrance
votes =1795
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate =Steve West
votes =114
percentage =
seat =
count =

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy EastIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Lawrence Brown
votes =1221
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Kay Carrington
votes =773
percentage =
seat =1
count =6 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Bob Forrester
votes =572
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =George Leslie
votes =1680
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Karen McGregor
votes =138
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Brian Mills
votes =361
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Glenrothes West and KinglassieIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Betty Campbell
votes =1627
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =David Paterson Croll
votes =384
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Raymond Duguid
votes =585
percentage =
seat =1
count =7 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Peter Grant
votes =1835
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Alf Patey
votes =1278
percentage =
seat =1
count =2 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =David Riches
votes =369
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Bob Taylor
votes =376
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Glenrothes North, Leslie and MarkinchIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Morag Balfour
votes =114
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =John Beare
votes =1613
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Fiona Grant
votes =1807
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =William Kay
votes =1354
percentage =
seat =1
count =2 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Alex Lawson
votes =164
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =David Mole
votes =504
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Kay Morrison
votes =787
percentage =
seat =1
count =9 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Paul Smith
votes =90
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Harry Wills
votes =411
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Glenrothes Central and ThorntonIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Vina Bullimore
votes =279
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Ian Crichton
votes =1325
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Dave Cunningham
votes =1825
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Jamie Drew
votes =269
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Jane Kerr
votes =301
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =John Mowbray
votes =564
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Ross Vettraino
votes =707
percentage =
seat =1
count =7

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title=2007 Council election: Howe of Fife and Tay CoastIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Andrew Arbuckle
votes =2091
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Green Party
candidate =Bruce Bennett
votes =511
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate =Colin Cameron
votes =89
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =James Jeffrey Fretwell
votes =75
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Andy Heer
votes =1143
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Donald Lothian
votes =924
percentage =
seat =1
count =7 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =David MacDiarmid
votes =1259
percentage =
seat =1
count =7 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Iain Miles
votes =477
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: Tay BridgeheadIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Tim Brett
votes =1489
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Ron Caird
votes =1191
percentage =
seat =1
count =6 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Alastair Cruickshank
votes =1173
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Duncan Pickard
votes =190
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Maggie Taylor
votes =1243
percentage =
seat =1
count =4 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Nikolai Zhelev
votes =494
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: St AndrewsIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Maries Cassells
votes =131
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Green Party
candidate =Tess Darwin
votes =525
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =John Docherty
votes =775
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Keith Griffiths
votes =77
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Karen Hutchence
votes =81
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Frances Melville
votes =1454
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Dorothea Morrison
votes =1478
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Joe Peterson
votes =153
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Bill Sangster
votes =809
percentage =
seat =1
count =10 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Zoe Smith
votes =411
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Robin Waterston
votes =788
percentage =
seat =1
count =10

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title=2007 Council election: East Neuk and LandwardIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Donald MacGregor
votes =816
percentage =
seat =1
count =5 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Elizabeth Riches
votes =1696
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Reta Russell
votes =387
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Mike Scott-Hayward
votes =1515
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Margaret Wight
votes =1041
percentage =
seat =
count =

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title=2007 Council election: CuparIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Jon Dodds
votes =388
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Noel Dolan
votes =887
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Roger Guy
votes =1154
percentage =
seat =1
count =5 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Margaret Kennedy
votes =1511
percentage =
seat =1
count =2 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Loretta Mordi
votes =887
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Bryan Poole
votes =1264
percentage =
seat =1
count =5

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title=2007 Council election: Leven, Kennoway and LargoIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =David Alexander
votes =2164
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Bill Brooks
votes =799
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Charles Haffey
votes =1676
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Vincent Heneghan
votes =578
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Alistair Hunter
votes =880
percentage =
seat =1
count =5 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Rab Hutchison
votes =89
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Marilyn Whitehead
votes =1118
percentage =
seat =1
count =7

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title=2007 Council election: Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss VillagesIrish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Tom Adams
votes =1456
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Anne Marie Flack
votes =195
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Ricky Jannetta
votes =164
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Lois Lothian
votes =107
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Stuart Macphail
votes =647
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Jim McLean
votes =53
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =John O'Brien
votes =225
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish National Party
candidate =Arthur Robertson
votes =712
percentage =
seat =1
count =12 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =Andrew Rodger
votes =2114
percentage =
seat =1
count =1 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =UKIPScotland
candidate =Kris Seunarine
votes =32
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =David Graham Stacey
votes =97
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Independent (politician)
candidate =William Wallace
votes =19
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate =Jim Young
votes =460
percentage =
seat =1
count =12

References

External links

[http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/election/?fuseaction=election.results Election Results on FifeDirect]