Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)

Glenrothes
County constituency for the House of Commons
120px Boundary of Glenrothes in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Peter Grant (SNP)
Created from	Central Fife
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Glenrothes is a British Parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons. It was created for the 2005 general election.

The seat is currently held by Peter Grant, of the Scottish National Party (SNP). He has held the seat since the 2015 general election after gaining the seat from the Labour Party who had held the seat since its creation.

Boundaries

The current boundaries centre on Glenrothes itself, moving south and west to include Cardenden, and a small section of Kirkcaldy. The northern and western areas include Leslie, and Markinch. In the east, the seat contains Kennoway and Methil.

History

Glenrothes was created for the 2005 general election, mostly replacing Central Fife, but incorporating small parts of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline East.

Creation in 2005-2008

The first holder of the newly created seat was John MacDougall, who died 13 August 2008, triggering a by-election.

2008

In the 2008 by election Lindsay Roy was elected, the Labour majority falling by around 4000 votes, with the Labour vote increasing by 3%, the SNP making significant gains from the lower-placed Conservative and the Liberal Democrat candidates.

2010 General election

With the 2010 election, the Labour share of the vote increased by 10% at the expense of the SNP candidate. The winner's total reached 62% of the votes cast which places the seat in the top decile of seats won and therefore indicates a safe seat majority. Relative to the 2005 general election the swing against the SNP was less accentuated than relative to the by-election at 4.45% of the vote on the standard two-party measure of swing, which is comparable to the national swing.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	John MacDougall	Labour
	2008 by-election	Lindsay Roy	Labour
	2015	Peter Grant	Scottish National Party

Elections

General Election 2015: Glenrothes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Peter Grant	28,459	59.8	+38.2
	Labour	Melanie Ward	14,562	30.6	−31.7
	Conservative	Alex Stewart-Clark	3,685	7.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Ann Liston	892	1.9	−5.8
Majority			13,897	29.2
Turnout			47,598	68.2	+8.5
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+35.0

General Election 2010: Glenrothes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Roy	25,247	62.3	+10.4
	SNP	David Alexander	8,799	21.7	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Wills	3,108	7.7	-5.0
	Conservative	Sheila Low	2,922	7.2	+0.1
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	425	1.0	-0.1
Majority			16,448	40.6
Turnout			40,501	59.7	+3.5

Glenrothes by-election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Roy	19,946	55.1	+3.2
	SNP	Peter Grant	13,209	36.5	+13.1
	Conservative	Maurice Golden	1,381	3.8	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Wills	947	2.6	-10.1
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jim Parker	296	1.0	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	212	0.6	-1.3
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	117	0.3	-0.9
	Solidarity	Louise McLeary	87	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,737	18.6	N/A
Turnout			36,219	52.37	-3.7

General Election 2005: Glenrothes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John MacDougall	19,395	51.9	N/A
	SNP	John Beare	8,731	23.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Riches	4,728	12.7	N/A
	Conservative	Belinda Don	2,651	7.1	N/A
	Scottish Pensioners Party	George Rodger	716	1.9	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	705	1.9	N/A
	UKIP	Paul Smith	440	1.2	N/A
Majority			10,664	28.5	N/A
Turnout			37,366	56.1	N/A