Central Fife (constituency, Scotland)

Central Fife

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Fife

Central Fife was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011 and continues to include nine constituencies. Here, the constituency of Central Fife was abolished. It comprised the central areas of the Council Area Fife with the cities of Glenrothes , Leven and Methil . The areas of the former constituency have largely merged into the new constituency of Mid Fife and Glenrothes . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 75,255 people lived within its borders. A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Henry McLeish	18,828	57.3
SNP	Tricia Marwick	10.153	30.9
Liberal Democrats	Jane Ann Liston	1953	5.9
Conservative	Keith Harding	1918	5.8

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Christine May	10,591	41.4	−15.9
SNP	Tricia Marwick	7829	30.6	−0.3
Non-party	Andrew Rodger	2258	8.8	+8.8
Conservative	James North	1803	7.0	+1.2
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Richies	1725	6.7	+0.8
Socialist	Morag Balfour	1391	5.4	+5.4
Turnout: 25,597 (44.41%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Tricia Marwick	11,920	44.2	+13.6
Labor	Christine May	10,754	39.9	−1.5
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	2288	8.5	+1.8
Conservative	Maurice Golden	2003	7.4	+0.4
Turnout: 26,965 (46.32%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament