North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)
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North East Fife | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of North East Fife in Scotland.
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Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Stephen Gethins (SNP) |
Created from | Central Fife |
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European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Stephen Gethins. A slightly smaller constituency, also called North East Fife, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
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Boundaries
North East Fife in the region of Fife in Scotland has the River Tay on its northern coast, and the Firth of Forth to the south. Other notable population centres include Cupar, Newport-on-Tay, Newburgh, Auchtermuchty and Anstruther. The famous golf and university town of St. Andrews is in this constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Barry Henderson | Conservative | |
1987 | Menzies Campbell | Liberal | |
1992 | Liberal Democrats | ||
2015 | Stephen Gethins | SNP |
Election results
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Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stephen Gethins[3] | 18,523 | 40.9 | +26.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tim Brett[4] | 14,179 | 31.3 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Huw Matthew Bell[5] | 7,373 | 16.3 | -5.5 | |
Labour | Brian Thomson[6] | 3,476 | 7.7 | -9.5 | |
Scottish Green | Andrew Collins[7] | 1,387 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Mike Scott-Hayward[8] | 325 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,344 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 45,263 | 73.0 | +6.4 | ||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Menzies Campbell | 17,763 | 44.3 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Miles Briggs | 8,715 | 21.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Mark Hood | 6,869 | 17.1 | +4.4 | |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 5,685 | 14.2 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Mike Scott-Hayward | 1,032 | 2.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 9,048 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,064 | 63.6 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −5.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Menzies Campbell | 20,088 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 7,517 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Tony King | 4,920 | 12.8 | N/A | |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 4,011 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | James Park | 1,071 | 2.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Duncan Pickard | 533 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Jack Ferguson | 416 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,571 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 38,556 | 62.1 | N/A |
In 2005 the ward of Leven East was incorporated into this constituency from what was Central Fife.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Menzies Campbell | 17,926 | 51.7 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 8,190 | 23.6 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Claire Brennan | 3,950 | 11.4 | +1.1 | |
SNP | Kris Murray-Browne | 3,596 | 10.4 | −0.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Keith White | 610 | 1.8 | N/A | |
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Majority | 9,736 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 34,692 | 56.0 | −15.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Menzies Campbell | 21,432 | 51.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Bruce | 11,076 | 26.5 | −12.0 | |
SNP | Colin Welsh | 4,545 | 10.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Charles Milne | 4,301 | 10.3 | +4.8 | |
Referendum | William Nick Stewart | 485 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,356 | 24.7 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,839 | 70.5 | −7.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Menzies Campbell | 19,430 | 46.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 16,122 | 38.5 | −2.7 | |
SNP | David Roche | 3,589 | 8.6 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Lynda Clark | 2,319 | 5.5 | −1.9 | |
Scottish Green | Tim Flynn | 294 | 0.7 | ||
Liberal | David Senior | 85 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,308 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,839 | 77.8 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 17,868 | 44.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | James Stewart Barry Henderson | 16,421 | 41.2 | −4.9 | |
Labour | Anthony Michael Edward Gannon | 2,947 | 7.4 | +0.9 | |
SNP | Francis David Roche | 2,616 | 6.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,852 | 76.2 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barry Henderson | 17,129 | 46.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 14,944 | 40.2 | +17.2 | |
SNP | John Hulbert | 2,442 | 6.6 | -7.7 | |
Labour | David Caldwell | 2,429 | 6.5 | -13.4 | |
Ecology | T.G. Flint | 242 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 2,185 | 5.9 | -14.1 | ||
Turnout | 37,186 | 73.7 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- Preceded by East Fife
See also
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F" [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ election result http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&p2sid=10CC3530-AA3B-9CCD-63F538B9ABCE0DB5&themeid=2B892409-722D-4F61-B1CC-7DE81CC06A90 25Aug15
- ↑ http://www.snp.org/people/stephen-gethins
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/tim_brett
- ↑ https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Bell_Huw
- ↑ http://www.votebrian.co.uk/
- ↑ http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/news/scottish-greens-confirm-32-candidates-for-biggest-mp-push/
- ↑ http://mikescotthayward.blogspot.co.uk
- ↑ North East Fife, UKPollingReport
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- Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- Politics of Fife