Mid Fife and Glenrothes

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Mid Fife and Glenrothes
Mid Fife and Glenrothes

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
2011
MP
Jenny Gilruth ( SNP )
Regions
Fife

Mid Fife and Glenrothes 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 Central Fife . The constituency of Mid Fife and Glenrothes comprises parts of the Fife Council Area with the cities of Glenrothes , Kennoway and Leven . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​195.1 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 69,972 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Tricia Marwick was elected a member of the Scottish National Party . In order to maintain her neutrality in the context of her position as Presiding Officier of Parliament, she resigned from the party after the election.

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Tricia Marwick 13,761 52.3
Labor Claire Baker 9573 36.4
Conservative Allan Smith 1676 6.4
All Scotland Pensioners Party Jim Parker 673 2.6
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 630 2.4
Turnout: 26,421 (49.2%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Jenny Gilruth 15,555 54.49 +2.19
Labor Kay Morrison 7,279 25.5 −10.88
Conservative Alex Stewart-Clark 4,427 15.51 +9.14
Liberal Democrats Jane-Ann Liston 1,286 4.5 +2.11
Turnout: 26,313 (53.8%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Presentation on scottish.parliament.uk
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament