Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Kirkcaldy East is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 George Leslie
(SNP/
Ind.) 		Lawrence Brown
(Labour) 		Kay Carrington
(Labour)
2010
2012 Arthur Morrison
(SNP)
2015 Marie Penman
(SNP/
Ind.)
2016
2017 Rod Cavanagh
(SNP) 		Ian Cameron
(Labour) 		Richard Watt
(Conservative)
2022 Nicola Patrick
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Ian Cameron (incumbent) 32.9% 1,313              
SNP Rod Cavanagh (incumbent) 23.1% 924 944.1 950.1 955.1 1,011.3      
SNP Nicola Patrick 17.2% 687 693.7 696.7 702.2 772.1 782.6 793.6 931.9
Conservative Richard Watt (incumbent) 11.7% 469 475.9 480.2 516.8 524.6 524.6    
Labour George Macdonald 6.8% 273 510.2 512.7 539.3 578.4 579.1 774.9  
Scottish Green David Hansen 4.3% 172 180.4 186.4 211.3        
Liberal Democrats Wink Thompson 2.9% 116 123.2 133.9          
Sovereignty Walter Neilson 1% 41 43.4            
Electorate: 11,052   Valid: 3,995   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 999   Turnout: 37.3%  

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Ian Cameron 24.7 985 993 1,002            
SNP Rod Cavanagh 22.5 897 898 903 903.08 946.08 968.3 1,035.3    
Conservative Richard Watt 15.3 611 625 630 630.09 642.09 671.4 791.5 791.7 924.8
SNP Steve McMahon 13.3 533 537 551 551.03 584.03 596.1 682.1 714.9  
Independent Marie Penman (incumbent) 10.5 421 438 483 483.2 532.2 591.6      
Labour Mhairi Cameron 5 199 203 209 211.4 237.4        
Scottish Green Sandy Forbes 4.1 164 176 189 189.04          
Independent Matthew Ritchie 2.7 108 111              
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rottger 1.9 75                
Electorate: 10,747   Valid: 3,993   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 999   Turnout: 4,112 (38.3%)  

2015 By-election

A by-election was called after Arthur Morrison resigned due to poor attendance.[3]

Kirkcaldy East by-election (22 January 2015) - 1 seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Marie Penman 47.33 1,460 1,464 1,466 1,472 1,484 1,553
Labour Liz Easton 35.27 1,088 1,088 1,091 1,097 1,120 1,148
Conservative Edgar Cook 7.23 223 224 225 231 266 274
Scottish Green Claire Reid 4.08 126 129 132 138 150  
UKIP Peter Adams 3.79 117 117 120 123    
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 1.30 40 40 41      
Independent Ronald Hunter 0.62 19 21        
Independent Alastair MacIntyre 0.39 12          
Electorate: 10,924   Valid: 3,085   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 1,543   Turnout: 3,126 (27.27%)  

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy East
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Lawrence Brown (incumbent) 29.90 1,111            
Labour Kay Carrington (incumbent) †14 20.05 745 900.9 926.1 963.3      
SNP Arthur Morrison †05 19.97 742 746.7 763.1 790.2 795.2 838.6 1,409.6
SNP Frank Wallace 16.42 610 613.1 620.3 651.4 654.3 675.5  
Conservative Edgar Cook 6.03 224 226.4 251.8 295.9 299.1    
Scottish Senior Citizens Mike Parker 4.84 180 182.1 195.3        
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 2.80 104 106.1          
Electorate: 10,749   Valid: 3,716   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 930   Turnout: 3,776 (34.57%)  

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Kirkcaldy East
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP George Leslie†† 1,680 35.4 1 1
Labour Lawrence Brown 1,221 25.7 2 1
Labour Kay Carrington 773 16.3 3 5
Liberal Democrats Bob Forrester 572 12.1
Conservative Brian Mills 361 7.6
Scottish Socialist Karen McGregor 138 2.9

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Fife Council Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "'Invisible' Kirkcaldy councillor resigns - Fife Today". Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Kirkcaldy East by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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