Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election Results
4 Notes
5 See also

Boundaries

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 Burntisland, Dalgety Bay, Dysart, Kelty, and Lochgelly and the villages of Aberdour, Auchtertool, Ballingry, Crosshill, Glencraig, Kinghorn, Lochore and Lumphinnans make up the constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

The MP since the seat's creation has been former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. He previously represented Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005.

Following the 2010, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister, but confirmed that he would not be resigning as MP and continues to serve Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition as a Labour backbencher.^[2]

Election		Member ^[3]	Party
	2005	Gordon Brown	Labour

Election Results

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010 Turnout: 45,802 (62.2%) +3.8	Labour hold Majority: 23,009 (50.2%) +6.6 Swing: +3.3% from SNP to Lab	Gordon Brown	Labour	29,559	64.5	+6.4
		Douglas Chapman	SNP	6,550	14.3	-0.2
		John Mainland	Liberal Democrat	4,269	9.3	-3.7
		Lindsay Paterson	Conservative	4,258	9.3	-1.0
		Peter Adams	UKIP	760	1.7	+0.5
		Susan Archibald	Independent	184	0.4	N/A
		Donald MacLaren	Independent	165	0.4	N/A
		Derek Jackson	Independent	57	0.1	N/A
General Election 2005 Turnout: 41,796 (58.4%)	Labour hold Majority: 18,216 (43.6%) Swing: +1.9% from SNP to Lab	Gordon Brown	Labour	24,278	58.1	-0.4
		Alan Bath	SNP	6,062	14.5	-4.1
		Alex Cole-Hamilton	Liberal Democrat	5,450	13.0	+3.8
		Stuart Randall	Conservative	4,308	10.3	-0.3
		Steve West	Scottish Socialist	666	1.6	-1.1
		Peter Adams	UKIP	516	1.2	+0.8
		James Parker	Scottish Senior Citizens	425	1.0	N/A
		Elizabeth Kwantes	Independent	47	0.1	N/A
		Pat Sargent	Independent	44	0.1	N/A

Notes

^ "Gordon Brown Constituency Website". http://www.gordonbrownmp.co.uk/constituency.html. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
^ "Brown to remain as backbench MP", BBC, May 13, 2010
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sedgefield	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2007-2010	Succeeded by Witney
Preceded by Dunfermline East	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2005–2007	Succeeded by Edinburgh South West

Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party (59)

Labour (41)	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 Dunfermline and West Fife 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 East 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 (11)	Argyll and Bute Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross East Dunbartonshire Edinburgh West Gordon Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey North East Fife Orkney and Shetland Ross, Skye and Lochaber West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Scottish National Party (6)	Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Perth and North Perthshire

Conservative (1)	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) Labour (2) Conservative (1) Liberal Democrat (1)

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Results

Notes

See also