North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Fife County constituency

North East Fife shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Menzies Campbell
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Fife
EP constituency:	Scotland

North East Fife is a constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Sir Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats. A slightly smaller constituency, called Fife North East, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The famous golf and university town of St. Andrews is in this constituency. The 2005 changes made to the constituency were minor, with the addition of a single ward from Central Fife.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1983	Barry Henderson	Conservative
1987	Menzies Campbell	Liberal
1988	Menzies Campbell	Liberal Democrats

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	20,088	52.1	+3.0
	Conservative	Mike Scott-Hayward	7,517	19.5	−3.4
	Labour	Tony King	4,920	12.8	−1.6
	Scottish National Party	Roderick Campbell	4,011	10.4	−0.3
	Scottish Green	James Park	1,071	2.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Duncan Pickard	533	1.4	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Jack Ferguson	416	1.1	−0.7
Majority			12,571	32.6
Turnout			38,556	62.1	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.2

In 2005 the ward of Leven East was incorporated into this constituency from what was Central Fife.

General Election 2001: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	17,926	51.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Mike Scott-Hayward	8,190	23.6	−2.9
	Labour	Claire Brennan	3,950	11.4	+1.1
	Scottish National Party	Kris Murray-Browne	3,596	10.4	−0.5
	Scottish Socialist	Keith White	610	1.8	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Leslie Von Goetz	420	1.2	N/A
Majority			9,736	28.1
Turnout			34,692	56.0	−15.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 1997: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	21,432	51.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Adam Bruce	11,076	26.5	-12.0
	Scottish National Party	C Welsh	4,545	10.8	+2.2
	Labour	C Milne	4,301	10.3	+4.8
	Referendum Party	W Stewart	485	1.2
Majority			10,356	24.7	+16.8
Turnout			41,839	70.5	-7.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+8.4

General Election 1992: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	19,430	46.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Mary Scanlon	16,122	38.5	-2.7
	Scottish National Party	David Roche	3,589	8.6	+2.0
	Labour	Lynda Clark	2,319	5.5	-1.9
	Scottish Green	T Flynn	294	0.7
	Liberal	D Senior	85	0.2
Majority			3,308	7.9
Turnout			41,839	77.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election 1987: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Menzies Campbell	17,868	44.8	+4.6
	Conservative	Barry Henderson	16,421	41.2	-4.9
	Labour	Tony Gannon	2,947	7.4	+0.9
	Scottish National Party	David Roche	2,616	6.6	-0.1
Majority			1,447	3.6
Turnout			39,852	76.2	+2.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

General Election 1983: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Henderson	17,129	46.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Menzies Campbell	14,994	40.2	+17.2
	Scottish National Party	John Hulbert	2,442	6.6	-7.7
	Labour	David Caldwell	2,429	6.5	-13.4
	Ecology	T G Flint	242	0.6
Majority			2,185	5.9	-14.1
Turnout			37,186	73.7	-5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preceded by East Fife

[edit] See also

East Fife Constituency

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