Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency, with a small portion joining the expanded North East Fife.

Central Fife County constituency
Created:	1974
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons

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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

General Election 1997: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	23,912	58.66
	Scottish National Party	Tricia Marwick	10,199	25.02
	Conservative	Jacob Rees-Mogg	3,669	9.00
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Laird	2,610	6.40
	Referendum Party	John Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	375	0.92	N/A
Majority			13,713	33.64
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	21,036
	Scottish National Party	Tricia Marwick	10,458
	Conservative	Ms C. Cender	7,353
	Liberal Democrats	C. Harrow	2,892
Majority			10,578
Turnout				74.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	22,827	56.1
	Conservative	R.E. Aird	7,118	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. T.M. Little	6,487	15.9
	Scottish National Party	D. Hood	6,296	15.5
Majority			15,709	38.6
Turnout				72.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Hamilton	17,008	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. T.M. Little	9,214	23.4
	Conservative	D.C. Mason	8,863	22.5
	Scottish National Party	J.H. Taggart	4,039	10.2
		D.A. Allison	297	0.8
Majority			7,794	19.7
Turnout				72.5
	Labour hold		Swing