North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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North East Fife
Scottish Parliament county constituency
North East Fife shown within the
Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Iain Smith
Party: Liberal Democrats
Council area: Fife

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth, Stirling and Tayside North.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1]. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.

The Holyrood constituency of North East Fife is one of five Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies covering the Fife council area, the others being Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central and Kirkcaldy. All are entirely within the council area.

Fife North East covers a north-east portion of the council area, north-east of Fife Central.

[edit] Description of the constituency

The constituency includes the bustling market town of Cupar and the famous St Andrews. It is a relatively prosperous, largely rural, lowland seat, on the coast, with successful livestock farming, fruit-growing and tourism interests. Unemployment is relatively low.

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,307 42.2 -3.8
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,291 26.3 -2.5
Scottish National Party Roderick Campbell 6,735 21.4 +8.8
Labour Kenny Young 2,557 8.1 +0.1
Independent Tony Campbell 662 2.1 +2.1
Majority 5,016 15.9
Turnout 31,552 51.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.7
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,479 46.0 +6.5
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,424 28.8 +4.0
Scottish National Party Capre Ross-Williams 3,660 12.5 -6.0
Labour Gregor Poynton 2,353 8.0 -7.0
Scottish Socialist Carlo Morelli 1,366 4.7 N/A
Majority 5,055 17.3
Turnout 29,282 49.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.5
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Fife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 13,590 37.81 N/A
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 8,526 23.72 N/A
Scottish National Party Colin Welsh 6,373 17.73 N/A
Labour Charles Milne 5,175 14.40 N/A
Independent Donald MacGregor 1,540 4.28 N/A
Independent Robert Beveridge 737 2.05 N/A
Majority 5,064 14.05 N/A
Turnout 35,941
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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