Kirkcaldy (constituency, Scotland)

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Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
1999
MP
David Torrance ( SNP )

David Torrance

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
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
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
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
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
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%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament