Cowdenbeath (constituency)

Cowdenbeath

Educated

2011

MPs

Annabelle Ewing ( SNP )

region

Fife

Cowdenbeath is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was newly created in 2011 as part of the constituency revision as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife . The areas were previously largely within the former constituency of Dunfermline East . Cowdenbeath includes parts of the Fife Council Area with the towns of Cowdenbeath , Dalgety Bay and Rosyth . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​140.4 km ² . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 71,249 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Helen Eadie	11,926	46.5
SNP	Ian Chisholm	10,679	41.6
Conservative	Belinda Don	1792	7.0
Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	997	3.9
Country party	Mick Heenan	276	1.1
Turnout: 25,747 (47.43%)

2014 by-elections

With the death of Helen Eadie, by-elections were required in the Cowdenbeath constituency and were held on January 24, 2014.

Results of the 2014 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Alex Rowley	11,192	55.8	+9.3
SNP	Natalie McGarry	5704	28.4	−13.2
Conservative	Dave Dempsey	1893	9.4	+2.4
UKIP	Denise Baykal	610	3.0	+3.0
Liberal Democrats	Jade Holden	425	2.1	−1.8
Victims Final Right	Stuart Graham	187	0.9	+0.9
SDA	James Trolland	51	0.3	+0.3
Turnout: 20,062 (34.78%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Annabelle Ewing	13,715	46.1	+4.5
Labor	Alex Rowley	10,674	35.8	−10.6
Conservative	Dave Dempsey	4,251	14.3	+7.3
Liberal Democrats	Bryn Jones	1,904	3.68	−0.2
Turnout: 29,857 (54.7%)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
4. ↑ BBC News: Cowdenbeath by-election: Alex Rowley holds seat for Labor , Jan. 24, 2014
5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament