Kirkcaldy | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 78,351 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | David Torrance |
Council area | Fife |
Kirkcaldy 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.
The seat has been held by David Torrance of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region) |
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.
Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.
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.[2] The Kirkcaldy Westminster constituency was divided between Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
In boundary changes that took effect at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly drawn Kirkcaldy was formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Marilyn Livingstone | Labour | |
2011 | David Torrance | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | David Torrance[a] | 18,417 | 52.4 | 0.2 | 15,733 | 44.5 | 3.3 | |
Labour | Claire Baker[b] | 10,586 | 30.1 | 1.3 | 8,145 | 23.1 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Leslie | 4,891 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 6,137 | 17.4 | 1.7 | |
Scottish Green | 2,488 | 7.1 | 2.4 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Beal | 1,015 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1,027 | 2.9 | 0.3 | |
Alba | 689 | 2.0 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 406 | 1.1 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 166 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 123 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 114 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Libertarian | Calum Paul | 269 | 0.8 | N/A | 83 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Reform UK | 72 | 0.3 | New | |||||
UKIP | 57 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |||||
Independent | Martin Keatings | 27 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Renew | 7 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Independent | Mercy Kamanja | 4 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 7,831 | 22.3 | 1.5 | |||||
Valid Votes | 35,178 | 35,278 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 137 | 74 | ||||||
Turnout | 35,315 | 57.8 | 5.3 | 35,352 | 57.8 | 5.3 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | David Torrance[a] | 16,358 | 52.6 | 7.4 | 14,934 | 47.8 | 3.7 | |
Labour | Claire Baker[b] | 8,963 | 28.8 | 15.8 | 7,822 | 25.1 | 11.0 | |
Conservative | Martin Laidlaw | 4,568 | 14.7 | 7.5 | 4,914 | 15.7 | 9.1 | |
Scottish Green | 1,479 | 4.7 | 9.1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Jones | 1,219 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1,001 | 3.2 | 1.0 | |
UKIP | 682 | 2.2 | 1.1 | |||||
Solidarity | 194 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||||
RISE | 115 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 81 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 7,395 | 23.8 | 23.2 | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,108 | 31,222 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 159 | 52 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,267 | 52.5 | 6.0 | 31,274 | 52.5 | 5.9 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 11.6 | ||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | David Torrance | 12,579 | 45.2 | N/A | 12,319 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Marilyn Livingstone[a] | 12,397 | 44.6 | N/A | 10,084 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian McFarlane | 2,007 | 7.2 | N/A | 1,835 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Andrew Roger | 717 | 2.6 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Green | 713 | 2.6 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 820 | 2.9 | N/A | 611 | 2.2 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 547 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 315 | 1.1 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 252 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 241 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 117 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 75 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 50 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 32 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 182 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 27,803 | 27,908 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 119 | 94 | ||||||
Turnout | 27,922 | 46.5 | N/A | 28,002 | 46.6 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,627 | 43.9 | -2.8 | |
SNP | Chris Harvie | 8,005 | 33.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alice Soper | 3,361 | 13.9 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | David Potts | 2,202 | 9.1 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 2,622 | 10.8 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,195 | 47.7 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,235 | 46.7 | -1.5 | |
SNP | Colin Welsh | 5,411 | 24.7 | -7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 2,417 | 11.0 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,332 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rudi Vogels | 1,544 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,824 | 22.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,939 | 44.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 13,645 | 48.14 | N/A | |
SNP | Stewart Hosie | 9,170 | 32.35 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,907 | 10.26 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 2,620 | 9.24 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,475 | 15.79 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,342 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) |