2012 Fife Council election

Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 23 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 78 Councillors elected.

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

2012 Fife Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 78 seats to Fife Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alex Rowley Peter Grant Elizabeth Riches Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat The Lochs Glenrothes West and Kinglassie East Neuk and Largoward Last election 24 seats, 30.8% 23 seats, 29.5% 21 seats, 26.9% Seats before 24 22 21 Seats won 35 26 10 Seat change 11 3 11 Popular vote 41,126 33,205 13,983 Percentage 38.5% 31.1% 13.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Rodger Dave Dempsey Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election 5 seats, 6.4% 5 seats, 6.4% Seats before 6 4 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 6,356 8,382 Percentage 5.9% 7.8%
Map of council wards
Council Leader before election Peter Grant SNP Council Leader after election Alex Rowley Labour

The biggest benefactors were the Labour party who regained the 11 seats they had lost in the 2007 Local Elections thus increase its share to remain the largest party. Scottish Liberal Democrats lost over half their seats, with labour picking up most of the seats, while the Scottish National Party increased their representation by 3 seats and remained in second place on the authority. Most of their gains were in the wards of the Fife North East constituency where they had previously only had a single seat. The Independents lost a seat while the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost 2 seats. The UK Independence Party lost its only Scottish Councillor who had defected from the Conservatives in 2008.

Following the election the Labour Party formed a minority administration with the support of the Independents and the Conservative Party. This replaced the previous SNP - Lib Dem coalition administration.

Election results

Fife Local Election Result 2012[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	35	11	0	11	44.87	38.5	41,122	+9.8
	SNP	26	4	1	3	33.33	31.1	33,205	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	10	0	11	-11	12.82	13.1	14,015	-9.3
	Independent	4	0	1	-1	5.13	6.2	6,582	-1.4
	Conservative	3	1	3	-2	3.85	7.8	8,382	-3.2
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	-	-	-	-	1.4	1,466	+1.4
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	1.0	1,030	-0.4
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.9	986	+0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	0	-	-	-	-	0.1	67	+0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Obelisks (†) indicate changes since the election, and link to further details.

West Fife and Coastal Villages

• 2007: 1xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour	Bobby Clelland (incumbent)	30.65	1,933
	SNP	Kate Stewart	15.73	992	1,020.8	1,035.8	1,055.3	1,077.8	1,597.3
	Labour	Alice Callaghan	14.11	890	1,420.1
	Independent	William Ferguson (incumbent)	11.46	723	749.4	771.6	810.1	956.8	975.2	1,053.8	1,394.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry McMullan (incumbent)	9.59	605	618.5	631.1	646.2	859.5	871.6	916
	SNP	Len Woods	8.77	553	565.8	569.7	576.2	590.1
	Conservative	Bruce Holborn	8.01	505	511.9	516.6	531.1
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Charlie Ross	1.68	106	114.7	128.2
Electorate: 14,331   Valid: 6,307   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 863   Turnout: 6,385 (44.01%)

Dunfermline North

• 2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Dunfermline North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	David Mogg (incumbent) †^11	31.55	1,204
	Labour	Helen Law	26.13	997
	Labour	William Campbell	23.17	884	913.3	949.4	988.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	13.57	518	570.9	572.8	722.3
	Conservative	Graeme Whyte	6.63	253	269.9	270.7
Electorate: 10,162   Valid: 3,816   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 955   Turnout: 3,862 (37.55%)

Dunfermline Central

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Jim Leishman	27.96	1,608
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Rosiejak (incumbent)	17.88	1,028	1,072.3	1,243.2
	SNP	Neale Hanvey	17.32	996	1,019.9	1,032.2	1,037.9	1,110.2	1,117.5	1,626.1
	Labour	Bob Young	12.99	747	1,038.3	1,070.9	1,087.9	1,216.8
	SNP	Lizz Mogg (incumbent)	9.2	529	557.4	570.9	582.2	641.2	648.2
	Independent	Jim Gallagher	7.34	422	445.3	541.3	564.8
	Conservative	David Ross	7.32	421	431.2
Electorate: 14,864   Valid: 5,751   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 5,815 (38.69%)

Dunfermline South

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Dunfermline South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Mike Rumney (incumbent) †^02	22.02	1,271
	Labour	Cara Hilton †^07	20.69	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin (incumbent)	20.62	1,190
	SNP	Brian Goodall (incumbent)	17.54	1,012	1,025.4	1,029.4	1,034.7	1,081.1	1,144.5	1,681.1
	SNP	Fay Sinclair	9.15	528	540.3	544.6	548.4	584.9	609.2
	Conservative	Margaret Reid Fairgrieve	6.41	370	374.9	377.4	385.3	420.8
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	3.57	206	220.7	227.7	232.8
Electorate: 15,927   Valid: 5,771   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,155   Turnout: 5,829 (36.60%)

Rosyth

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Rosyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Douglas Chapman (incumbent) †^10	27.84	1,076
	Labour	Pat Callaghan (incumbent)	27.14	1,049
	Labour	Mike Shirkie	20.54	794	798.1	865	881.6	896.5	930.9	1,044.9
	SNP	Simon Tate	7.92	306	396.5	398.2	404.6	415.3	433.2	510.3
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Dunsmore	7.12	275	279.2	283.1	287.1	305.3	411.4
	Conservative	Ian Dempsey	5.77	223	224.8	225.9	227.9	260.9
	UKIP	Alastair MacIntyre	2.61	101	103.2	104.6	110.6
	Independent	Jason McGilvray	1.06	41	41.9	42.7
Electorate: 10,875   Valid: 3,865   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 967   Turnout: 3,924 (35.54%)

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Alice McGarry (incumbent)	25.56	1,377
	Labour	Lesley Laird	17.82	960	978.7	991.1	1,060.5	1,061.6	1,197.8
	Labour	Gavin Yates	16.28	877	888.7	899.2	1,025.2	1,026.3	1,241.3
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	15.44	832	843.1	930.7	1,085.2
	SNP	Helen Todd	12.29	662	891.5	918.6	1,000.8	1,001.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walker *	9.23	497	506.3	522.6
	UKIP	Mike Arthur	3.38	182	185.5
Electorate: 13,311   Valid: 5,387   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,078   Turnout: 5,441 (40.47%)

• = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

The Lochs

• 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

The Lochs - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Alex Rowley (incumbent) †^03	37.04	1,380
	Independent	William L. Clarke (incumbent) †^12	27.51	1,025
	SNP	Ann Bain (incumbent)	19.0	708	754.7	769.6	783.5	868.6	1,036.1
	Labour	Caron Hughes	9.37	349	621.4	669.5	682.3	734.6
	Independent	Susan Archibald	4.43	165	214.7	221.7	265.9
	Conservative	Sheila Emmerson	2.66	99	104.5	105.8
Electorate: 9,968   Valid: 3,726   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 932   Turnout: 3,781 (37.38%)

Cowdenbeath

• 2007: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

Cowdenbeath - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour	Peter Lockhart	35.32	1,309
	Labour	Jayne Baxter †^04	30.14	1,117
	SNP	Alistair Bain (incumbent)	24.15	895	959.2
	SNP	Darren Tod	4.86	180	197.5
	Conservative	Alistair Harvey	3.40	126	142.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Walker	2.13	79	114
Electorate: 10,742   Valid: 3,706   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 927   Turnout: 3,767 (34.50%)

Lochgelly and Cardenden

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Lochgelly and Cardenden - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Linda Erskine	35.07	1,210
	Labour	Mark Hood (incumbent)	31.94	1,102
	SNP	Ian Chisholm (incumbent)	20.84	719	763.4	794.9	814.8	1,130.9
	SNP	Andrew Lonie	8.67	299	344.9	375.7	406
	Conservative	James Reekie	3.48	120	143.8	159.2
Electorate: 9,826   Valid: 3,450   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 863   Turnout: 3,531 (35.11%)

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour	Peter George	27.85	1,331
	SNP	George Kay (incumbent)	25.44	1,216
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie (incumbent)	15.46	739	746.6	748.7	758.7	782.1	830.8	954.2	1,043.4	1,207.5
	Labour	Richard Perry	9.83	470	573.4	574.4	583.9	607.1	636.6	657.7	749.7
	SNP	Sally Walsh	7.89	377	380.9	395.2	406.5	421.6	446.9	464.1
	Conservative	Norman Morrison	5.31	254	255.3	255.6	261.7	274.9	334.4
	UKIP	Peter Adams	4.46	213	215.3	215.7	220.7	246.9
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Anne Whyte	2.36	113	116.5	116.9	132.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Louche Lord Lancaster	1.40	67	68.5	68.9
Electorate: 11,474   Valid: 4,780   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,196   Turnout: 4,820 (41.66%)

Kirkcaldy North

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Neil Crooks (incumbent)	39.38	1,739
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	19.11	844	1,339.8
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	18.03	796	829.5	855.5	880.9	890.6	938.7	1,507.6
	SNP	Randall Foggie	12.55	554	588.6	607.9	617.4	626.1	676.7
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Janette Hamilton	4.87	215	242.3	292.1	322.5	407.6
	Conservative	Mark Hamid	3.71	164	168.4	174.2	201.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Mainland	2.36	104	111.7	133.6
Electorate: 11,935   Valid: 4,416   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 4,498 (37.0%)

Kirkcaldy Central

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Kirkcaldy Central - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Judy Hamilton (incumbent)	36.55	1,534
	SNP	Stuart Macphail	20.75	871	906.3	922.9	1,340.9
	Labour	Kenny Selbie	13.70	575	948.2	988.3	1,016.1	1,084.3
	SNP	Iain Wallace	11.65	489	496.6	510.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Soper (incumbent)	10.08	423	440.4	566.6	592.9
	Conservative	Dorothy Ross	7.27	305	313.5
Electorate: 11,565   Valid: 4,197   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,050   Turnout: 4,262 (36.29%)

Kirkcaldy East

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Kirkcaldy East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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%)

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

• 2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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%)

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

• 2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	William Kay (incumbent) †^01	23.48	1,253
	SNP	Fiona Grant (incumbent)	22.35	1,193
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	17.73	946	949.8	1,021.6	1,024	1,031.2	1,060.5	1,106.7
	Labour	Kay Morrison (incumbent)	17.43	930	1,090.8
	SNP	Steven Marwick	7.44	397	399.1	430.9	432.1	437.5	465.3	496.2
	Conservative	Allan David Stewart Smith	5.81	310	312.8	315.5	316.8	344.8	411.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Parker	4.23	226	231.6	238	243	265.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Steel	1.54	82	83.9	84.9	86.5
Electorate: 14,278   Valid: 5,337   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 5,394 (37.38%)

Glenrothes Central and Thornton

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from SNP

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Ross Vettraino (incumbent)	29.66	1,197
	Labour	Ian Crichton (incumbent)	26.04	1,051
	Labour	Ian Sloane	20.64	833	847.5	881.7	897.1	928.1	1,008.7	1,203.6
	SNP	Vikki Wilton	14.17	572	728.1	729.4	736.7	759.3	799.5
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Benvie	4.22	172	177.5	179.1	192.5	245.7
	Conservative	Brian Mills	3.87	156	157.4	157.8	168.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	1.36	55	55.8	56.3
Electorate: 10,797   Valid: 4,036   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 4,112 (37.38%)

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Con gain one seat from Lib Dem

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Lothian (incumbent)	28.75	1,367
	SNP	David MacDiarmid (incumbent)	24.37	1,159	1,175	1,203.7
	Conservative	Andy Heer	16.38	779	795	866.8	867.2	896.1	960.2	1,148.7
	Labour	Iain Miles	10.79	513	521.9	575.6	576.3	626.5	787.1
	Scottish Green	Neil Stoddart	8.14	387	396.4	461.6	462.3	579.7
	SNP	Colin Reid	7.13	339	341.3	361.2	372.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	4.44	211	323.4
Electorate: 11,781   Valid: 4,755   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 1,189   Turnout: 4,811 (40.36%)

Tay Bridgehead

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con

Tay Bridgehead - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Bill Connor	25.41	1,214
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett (incumbent)	24.74	1,182	1,185.3	1,369.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Taylor (incumbent)	20.80	994	997.1	1,146.3	1,287.3
	Labour	Jane O'Neill	16.70	798	802.8	870.2	886.9
	Conservative	Andrew MacQueen	12.35	590	591.1
Electorate: 10,959   Valid: 4,778   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1,195   Turnout: 4,795 (43.60%)

St. Andrews

• 2007: 3xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP and Lab each gain one seat from Lib Dem

St. Andrews
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Conservative	Dorothea Morrison (incumbent)	17.43	769	796	820	843	889
	SNP	Keith McCartney	15.64	690	706	725	806	838	867.1	867.4	979.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Melville (incumbent)	14.53	641	665	772	858	1,189
	Labour	Brian Thomson	13.60	600	629	647	742	776	828.8	829.2	951.2
	Scottish Green	Benjamin Bridgman	9.91	437	453	464
	Independent	Murdo MacDonald	8.37	369	453	475	534	569	624.3	626.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Waterston (incumbent)	7.96	351	381	466	518
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Sangster (incumbent)	6.76	298	311
	Independent	Henry Paul	5.80	256
Electorate: 14,331   Valid: 4,411   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 883   Turnout: 4,443 (30.78%)

East Neuk and Landward

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from UKIP

East Neuk and Landward - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches (incumbent)	26.94	1,066
	SNP	John Docherty	24.36	964	970.5	1,068.3
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacGregor (incumbent)	13.29	526	576.8	678.2	699.4	825.2	1,098.1
	Conservative	Tom Waterton-Smith	13.70	542	545.3	561.4	566.4	735.8
	UKIP	Mike Scott-Hayward (incumbent)	11.27	446	452.4	504.6	518.5
	Labour	Mary Cairns	10.44	413	416.4
Electorate: 10,249   Valid: 3,957   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 990   Turnout: 3,979 (38.61%)

Cupar

• 2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con

Cupar - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Independent	Bryan Poole (incumbent)	34.52	1,556
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Kennedy (incumbent)	21.19	955	1,110.5	1,255.4
	SNP	Karen Marjoram	19.92	898	972.9	1,084.2	1,117.8	1,318.9
	Conservative	Roger Guy (incumbent)	16.04	723	801.3	836.2	883.8
	Labour	Freida Loughlan	8.32	375	431.2
Electorate: 11,170   Valid: 4,507   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 4,543 (40.35%)

Leven, Kennoway and Largo

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	23.40	1,383
	Labour	Charles Haffey (incumbent)	19.08	1,128	1,136.5	1,150.5	1,170.7	1,254.1
	Labour	Tom Adams	16.21	958	963.6	967.2	990.4	1,056.1	1,115.3	1,123.3	1,287.7
	SNP	Alistair Hunter (incumbent) †^13	12.59	744	856.9	1,149.1	1,177.3	1,239.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Trotter	9.96	589	592.3	602.5	747	843.6	846.1	851.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Joe Cochrane	6.92	409	417.9	427.1	503.8
	Conservative	Dave Mole	6.80	402	404.3	407.3
	SNP	Alistair Suttie	5.04	298	347.7
Electorate: 14,903   Valid: 5,911   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 6,006 (40.30%)

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour	David Graham	28.2	1,430
	Independent	Andrew Rodger (incumbent)	25.79	1,307
	SNP	John O'Brien	16.38	830	859.7	902	902.9	907.1	915.2	915.6	967.3	1,394.5
	Labour	Jim Young (incumbent)	14.45	732	1,024.6
	SNP	Arthur Robertson (incumbent)	9.67	490	499.3	532.3	533	534	538.2	544	565.9
	Independent	Ricky Jannetta	3.02	153	178	253.6	255	261.3	276.6	300.3
	Conservative	Keith Stanley Smith	1.18	60	61.2	65.9	65.9	69.8	76.6
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	0.87	44	46.3	54.2	54.4	57.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lois Lothian	0.41	21	23.3	26.9	27.2
Electorate: 14,114   Valid: 5,067   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 5,160 (35.90%)

Changes since the election

Date	Ward		Gain		Loss	Note
May 2013	Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch				Labour	William Kay dies.
20 June 2013	Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch		Labour			By-election: seat held by John Wincott.[2]
26 July 2013	Dunfermline South				Labour	Mike Rumney dies.[3]
24 October 2013	Dunfermline South		Labour			By-election: seat held by Billy Pollock.
23 January 2014	The Lochs				Labour	Alex Rowley wins a by-election to the Scottish Parliament for the Cowdenbeath constituency.
April 2014	Cowdenbeath				Labour	Jayne Baxter resigns her seat upon being appointed a list MSP in April 2014.
22 May 2014	The Lochs		Labour			By-election: seat held by Alex Campbell.[4]
22 May 2014	Cowdenbeath		Labour			By-election: seat held by Gary Guichan.[5]
31 October 2014	Kircaldy East				SNP	Arthur Morrison resigns due to poor attendance.[6]
22 January 2015	Kircaldy East		SNP			By-election: seat held by Marie Penman.
22 January 2015	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie				Labour	Betty Campbell dies suddenly.[7]
Feb 2015	Dunfermline South				Labour	Cara Hilton resigns her seat[8] having been elected an MSP for the Dunfermline constituency on 24 October 2013.
26 March 2015	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie		SNP			By-election: seat won by Craig Walker.[9]
7 May 2015	Dunfermline South		SNP			By-election: seat won by Fay Sinclair.[10]
25 May 2015	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie		Independent		SNP	Bill Brown resigns from the SNP for personal reasons.[11]
3 July 2015	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie				SNP	Peter Grant resigns his seat having been elected MP for Glenrothes on 7 May 2015.[12]
September 2015	Dunfermline North				SNP	David Mogg resigns his seat.
28 September 2015	Rosyth				SNP	Douglas Chapman resigns his seat having been elected as MP for Dunfermline and West Fife.[13]
1 October 2015	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie		SNP			By-election: seat held by Julie Ford.
26 November 2015	Rosyth		SNP			By-election: seat held by Sharon Wilson.
26 November 2015	Dunfermline North		SNP			By-election: sea held by Ian Ferguson.
14 March 2016	Kircaldy East		Independent		SNP	Marie Penman resigns, accusing the SNP of ignoring her claims of bullying and harassment.[14]
1 June 2016	The Lochs				Independent	William L. Clarke, the UK's only elected communist, announces his resignation.[15]
25 August 2016	The Lochs		Labour			By-election: seat won by Mary Bain Lockhart.
20 October 2016	Leven, Kennoway and Largo				SNP	Alistair Hunter resigns his seat as he and his family are emigrating to Australia.[16]
19 November 2016	Kircaldy East				Labour	Kay Carrington dies after a battle with cancer.[17]
15 December 2016	Leven, Kennoway and Largo		SNP			By-election: seat held by Alistair Suttie.

By-elections

The detailed results of the 12 by-elections are as follows:[18]

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch by-election (20 June 2013) - 1 seat[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour	John Wincott	45.8	1,896	1,927	1,966	2,095
	SNP	Keith Grieve	41.3	1,711	1,724	1,761	1,814
	Conservative	Allan David Stewart Smith	6.6	272	287	335
	UKIP	Peter Taggerty	4.3	176	184
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	2.0	83
Electorate: 14,252   Valid: 4,138   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 2,070   Turnout: 4,163 (29.21%)

Dunfermline South by-election (24 October 2013) - 1 seat[19]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Billy Pollock	39.7	2,552	2,568	2,618	2,697	3,170	4,086
	SNP	Helen Cannon-Todd	32.0	2,057	2,075	2,112	2,142	2,358
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Munro	15.7	1,009	1,029	1,073	1,257
	Conservative	David Ross	7.0	450	497	504
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	2.8	183	201
	UKIP	Judith Rideout	2.8	183

The Lochs by-election (22 May 2014) - 1 seat[20]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Alex Campbell	65.9	2,042
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse	24.3	753
	UKIP	Martin Green	5.2	162
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	4.6	141
Electorate: 10,424   Valid: 3,098   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 3,150 (30.22%)

Cowdenbeath by-election (22 May 2014) - 1 seat[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Gary Guichan	61.5	2,039
	SNP	Connor Watt	25.2	834
	UKIP	Judith Rideout	8.4	277
	Conservative	John Wheatley	4.9	164

Kirkcaldy East by-election (22 January 2015) - 1 seat[21]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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%)

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (26 March 2015) - 1 seat[22]
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

Dunfermline South by-election (7 May 2015) - 1 seat[10][23]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	SNP	Fay Sinclair	51.52	5,899
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia	27.82	3,185
	Conservative	David Ross	11.56	1,324
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	9.09	1,041
Electorate: 17,031   Valid: 11,449   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 5,725   Turnout: 11,581 (67.8%)

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (1 October 2015) - 1 seat[24]
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%

Dunfermline North by-election (26 November 2015) - 1 seat[25]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Ian Ferguson	43.5%	1,056	1,062	1,083	1,122	1,144	1,337
	Labour	Joe Long	29.6%	719	722	733	805	912
	Conservative	James Reekie	12.5%	304	319	321	389
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	9.5%	230	235	253
	Scottish Green	Lewis Campbell	2.6%	63	72
	UKIP	Chloanne Dodds	2.4%	58
Electorate: 10,166   Valid: 2,430   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,216   Turnout: 2,450 (24.06%)

Rosyth by-election (26 November 2015) - 1 seat[26]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Sharon Wilson	45.2%	1,214	1,235	1,241	1,249	1,263	1,286	1,623
	Labour	Vikki Fairweather	34.5%	926	939	950	966	1,012	1,117
	Conservative	David Ross	9.1%	245	246	256	281	309
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hall	3.6%	97	102	112	122
	UKIP	Colin Mitchelson	3.3%	88	90	97
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	2.5%	66	68
	Scottish Green	Cairinne MacDonald	1.9%	51
Electorate: 10,985   Valid: 2,687   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 1,344   Turnout: 2,709 (24.66%)

The Lochs by-election (25 August 2016) - 1 seat[27]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour	Mary Bain Lockhart	47.1%	1,318	1,329	1,365	1,459
	SNP	Lea McLelland	38.6%	1,079	1,091	1,106	1,124
	Conservative	Malcolm McDonald	9.6%	270	275	280
	Communist	Thomas Kirby	3.1%	86	89
	Scottish Green	Bradford Oliver	1.6%	45

Leven, Kennoway and Largo by-election (15 December 2016) - 1 seat[28]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Alistair Suttie	36.95%	1,501	1,532	1,615	1,668	2,214
	Labour	Colin Davidson	28.43%	1,155	1,169	1,302	1,620
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie	18.51%	752	754	954
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wood	14.28%	580	590
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	1.82%	74

External links

• Fife Council website - local government elections
• ScottishElections by Kristofer Keane

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