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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Peter Grant
(SNP) 		Alf Patey
(SNP) 		Raymond Duguid
(Labour) 		Betty Campbell
(Labour)
2012 Bill Brown
(SNP/
Ind.) 		Altany Craig
(Labour)
2015 Craig Walker
(SNP) 		Julie Ford
(SNP)
2017 3 seats
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Julie Ford (incumbent) 37.9% 1,740        
Labour Altany Craik (incumbent) 32.5% 1,491        
SNP Craig Walker (incumbent) 11.6% 533 1,059.7 1,104.3 1,138.2 1,186.9
Conservative David Croll 11.6% 531 537.5 613.6 639.7 745
Liberal Democrats Keith Smith 3.8% 174 182.2 275.1 327.6  
Independent Ian Robertson 2.6% 119 128.9 163.6    
Electorate: 12,068   Valid: 4,588   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 38.9%  

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Julie Ford (incumbent) 30.2 1,442              
Labour Altany Craik (incumbent) 26.2 1,252              
Conservative David Croll 15.2 723 726.09 735.08 757.5 762.9 788.3 945.08  
SNP Craig Walker (incumbent) 13.8 659 873.9 879.5 887.7 918.9 933.8 1,061.6 1,182.2
Independent Bill Brown (incumbent) 9.6 460 465.3 477.9 491.6 514.9 548.4    
Scottish Green Lewis Campbell 1.8 87 93.5 96.2 99.8        
Liberal Democrats Derek Preston 1.8 86 88.2 97.04 105.5 117.3      
UKIP Martin Green 1.3 63 65.9 67.9          
Electorate: 11,840   Valid: 4,772   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,194   Turnout: 4,842 (40%)  

October 2015 By-election

A by-election was called after Peter Grant resigned his seat, having been elected MP for Glenrothes[3]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (1 October 2015) - 1 seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Julie Ford 58.99% 2,235
Labour Alan Seath 31.86% 1,207
Conservative Jonathan Gray 6.18% 234
Scottish Green Lorna Ross 2.98% 113
Electorate: 13,910   Valid: 3,789   Quota: 1,895   Turnout: 27.1%  

March 2015 By-election

A by-election was called after Betty Campbell died.[5]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (26 March 2015) - 1 seat[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Craig Walker 55.3 2,539
Labour Alan Seath 35.8 1,643
Conservative John Wheatley 4.4 202
UKIP Martin Green 3.2 146
Liberal Democrats Jane Ann Liston 1.3 61
Valid: 4,591   Quota:   Turnout: 32.59  

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Betty Campbell (incumbent) †06 27.49 1,424              
SNP Peter Grant (incumbent) †09 18.17 941 948.9 958.2 959.2 966.5 975.5 1,018.8 1,263.2
SNP Bill Brown †08 17.57 910 921.9 931.2 932.5 945.7 956 972.4 1,064.7
Labour Altany Craig 13.67 708 1,034.9 1,051.5          
SNP Craig Walker 6.74 349 350.4 351.4 351.6 353.9 356.9 368.9  
Scottish Senior Citizens Claire Dawson 5.23 271 283.2 291.8 294.5 310.1 371 478.1 488.6
Independent Robert James Taylor 3.71 192 196.3 202.3 203.2 290.5 318.8    
Conservative Patricia Irvine 2.99 155 156.9 169.2 169.5 170.8      
Independent Ian Robertson 2.84 147 149.9 158.3 159.3        
Liberal Democrats Cathy Adamson 1.60 83 85.2            
Electorate: 13,711   Valid: 5,180   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,037   Turnout: 5,255 (37.78%)  

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Peter Grant 1,835 28.4 1 1
Labour Betty Campbell 1,627 25.2 2 1
SNP Alf Patey 1,278 19.8 3 2
Labour Raymond Duguid 585 9.1 4 6
Conservative David Paterson Croll 384 5.9
Independent Bob Taylor 376 5.8
Liberal Democrats David Riches 369 5.7

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/new-glenrothes-mp-resigns-as-councillor-1-3819544
  4. ^ "Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election, October 2015". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Tributes to councillor and 'lovely lady' Betty Campbell - Fife / Local / News / The Courier". www.thecourier.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election, March 2015". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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