Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glenrothes
County constituency
Glenrothes shown within Scotland
Created: 2005
MP: John MacDougall
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Council areas: Fife
EP constituency: Scotland


Glenrothes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, mostly replacing Central Fife, but incorporating small parts of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline East.

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

The Boundaries of Glenrothes stretch from Thornton Heath, right over to the little village of Lesley on the other side. It is also bordered by the Cupar/Dunfermline road to the West and the By-Pass to the East.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Glenrothes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John MacDougall 19,395 51.9 -6.0
Scottish National Party John Beare 8,731 23.4 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Riches 4,728 12.7 +4.8
Conservative Belinda Don 2,651 7.1 -0.4
Scottish Pensioners Party George Rodger 716 1.9 +1.9
Scottish Socialist Morag Balfour 705 1.9 -0.8
UK Independence Paul Smith 440 1.2 +1.1
Majority 10,664 28.5
Turnout 37,366 56.1 +1.1
Labour hold Swing -2.7
General Election 2001: Central Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John MacDougall 18,310 56.3 -2.3
Scottish National Party David Alexander 8,235 25.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Riches 2,775 8.5 +2.1
Conservative Jeremy Balfour 2,351 7.2 -1.8
Scottish Socialist Morag Balfour 841 2.6 N/A
Majority 10,075 31.0
Turnout 32,512 54.6 -15.3
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also


UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour

Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire

Liberal Democrat

Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

SNP

Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire

Conservative and Unionist

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Speaker

Glasgow North East

Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)