Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath County constituency
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Gordon Brown
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Fife
EP constituency:	Scotland

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a constituency representing the areas around Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from most of the old Kirkcaldy constituency and parts of Dunfermline East constituency.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 Predecessor constituencies 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Kirkcaldy's Boundaries are Thornton Heath Road, Promenade Way, The Leven/Burntisland Main Road and the Edinburgh/Dunfermline Carriageway.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Gordon Brown, Labour (2005 – present)

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	24,278	58.1%	-0.4%
	Scottish National Party	Alan Bath	6,062	14.5%	-4.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cole-Hamilton	5,450	13.0%	+3.8%
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	4,308	10.3%	-0.3%
	Scottish Socialist	Steve West	666	1.6	-1.1
	UKIP	Peter Adams	516	1.2%	+0.8%
	Scottish Senior Citizens	James Parker	425	1.0%	+1.0%
	Independent (politician)	Elizabeth Kwantes	47	0.1%	+0.1%
	Independent (politician)	Pat Sargent	44	0.1	+0.1
Majority			18,216	43.6%
Turnout			41,796	58.4%	+3.5%
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

[edit] Predecessor constituencies

This constituency was formed in 2005 from most of the old Kirkcaldy constituency and parts of Dunfermline East constituency. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.

General Election 2001: Kirkcaldy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Moonie	15,227	54.1	+0.5
	Scottish National Party	Shirley-Anne Somerville	6,264	22.2	-0.7
	Conservative	Scott Campbell	3,013	10.7	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Weston	2,849	10.1	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Douglas Kinnear	804	2.9	N/A
Majority			8,963	31.9
Turnout			28,157	54.6	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	19,487	64.8	-2.0
	Scottish National Party	Johnny Mellon	4,424	14.7	-0.8
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	2,838	9.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Mainland	2,281	7.6	+1.7
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Jackson	770	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Tom Dunsmore	286	1.0	N/A
Majority			15,063	50.1
Turnout			30,086	57.0	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Politics of Scotland
• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
• List of current MPs for Scottish constituencies

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 (2) | Liberal Democrats (1)