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 county constituency representing the areas around the towns of 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.

The seat is currently held by Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister.

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[edit] Boundaries

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Kirkcaldy's boundaries are Thornton Heath Road, Promenade Way, the Leven/Burntisland Main Road and the Edinburgh/Dunfermline carriageway.

Along with Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, the towns of Auchtertool, Benarty, Burntisland, Dalgety Bay, Dysart, Kelty, Kinghorn, Lochgelly and Lumphinnans make up the constituency.[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

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General Election 2005: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Brown 24,278 58.1% n/a
Scottish National Party Alan Bath 6,062 14.5% n/a
Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 5,450 13.0% n/a
Conservative Stuart Randall 4,308 10.3% n/a
Scottish Socialist Steve West 666 1.6% n/a
UK Independence Peter Adams 516 1.2% n/a
Scottish Senior Citizens James Parker 425 1.0% n/a
Independent Elizabeth Kwantes 47 0.1% n/a
Independent Pat Sargent 44 0.1% n/a
Majority 18,216 43.6% n/a
Turnout 41,796 58.4% n/a

[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 +0.6
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
UK Independence Tom Dunsmore 286 1.0 n/a
Majority 15,063 50.1
Turnout 30,086 57.0 -13.2
Labour hold Swing -0.6

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gordon Brown Constituency Website. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.

[edit] See also

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