Kirkcaldy (constituency, Scotland)
Kirkcaldy |
Educated |
1999 |
MP |
David Torrance ( SNP ) |
Regions |
Fife |
Kirkcaldy is 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. Changes were also made to the boundaries of the Kirkcaldy constituency. It includes the south-western areas of the Council Area Fife with the cities of Burntisland , Kirkcaldy and Methil . The constituency sends a representative.
The constituency extends over an area of 80.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 78,007 people lived within its borders.
Election results
General election 1999
Results of the 1999 general election | |||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % |
Labor | Marilyn Livingstone | 13,645 | 48.1 |
SNP | Stewart Hosie | 9170 | 32.4 |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2907 | 10.3 |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 2620 | 9.2 |
General election 2003
Results of the 2003 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Labor | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,235 | 46.7 | −1.4 |
SNP | Colin Welsh | 5411 | 24.7 | −7.7 |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 2417 | 11.0 | +1.8 |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2332 | 10.6 | +0.3 |
Scottish Socialist | Rudi Vogels | 1544 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
Turnout: 21,939 (43.82%) |
General election 2007
Results of the 2007 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Labor | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,627 | 43.9 | −2.8 |
SNP | Christopher Harvie | 8005 | 33.1 | +8.4 |
Liberal Democrats | Alice Soper | 3361 | 13.9 | +2.9 |
Conservative | David Potts | 2202 | 9.1 | −1.5 |
Turnout: 49.54% |
Parliamentary election 2011
Results of the 2011 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
SNP | David Torrance | 12,579 | 45.2 | +12.2 |
Labor | Marilyn Livingstone | 12,397 | 44.6 | +0.7 |
Conservative | Ian McFarlane | 2007 | 7.2 | −1.9 |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 820 | 2.9 | −11.0 |
Turnout: 27,971 (46.47%) |
General election 2016
Results of the 2016 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
SNP | David Torrance | 16,358 | 52.6 | +7.3 |
Labor | Claire Brennan-Baker | 8,963 | 28.8 | −15.8 |
Conservative | Martin Laidlaw | 4,568 | 14.7 | +7.5 |
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Jones | 1,219 | 3.9 | +1.0 |
Turnout: (52.3%) |