Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Mid Scotland and Fife
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
Mid Scotland and Fife shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created	1999
MSPs	Scottish National Party 9 Labour 4 Conservative 2 Liberal Democrats 1
Council areas	Clackmannanshire Fife Perth and Kinross Stirling
Constituencies	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and West of Scotland regions and is connected with the Lothian region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.

Constituencies and council areas

2011–present

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Map	Constituency
	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

1999–2011

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas, the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.

The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.

Map

Constituency

Dunfermline East covers a south-western portion of the Fife council area. Dunfermline West covers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East. Fife Central covers a central portion of the Fife council area. Fife North East covers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area. Kirkcaldy covers a southern portion of the Fife council area. North Tayside covers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area. Ochil covers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area. Perth covers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area.

Election results

Constituency MSPs

Term	Election	Dunfermline East		Dunfermline West		Ochil		Fife Central		Kirkcaldy		Fife North East		North Tayside		Perth		Stirling
1st	1999		Helen Eadie (Labour)		Scott Barrie (Labour)		Richard Simpson (Labour)		Henry McLeish (Labour)		Marilyn Livingstone (Labour)		Iain Smith (LD)		John Swinney (SNP)		Roseanna Cunningham (SNP)		Sylvia Jackson (Labour)
2nd	2003						George Reid (SNP)		Christine May (SNP)
3rd	2007				Jim Tolson (LD)		Keith Brown (SNP)		Tricia Marwick (SNP)										Bruce Crawford (SNP)
Term	Election	Cowdenbeath		Dunfermline		Clackmannanshire and Dunblane		Mid Fife and Glenrothes		Kirkcaldy		North East Fife		Perthshire North		Perthshire South and Kinross-shire		Stirling
4th	2011		Helen Eadie (Labour)		Bill Walker (SNP)		Keith Brown (SNP)		Tricia Marwick (SNP)		David Torrance (SNP)		Roderick Campbell (SNP)		John Swinney (SNP)		Roseanna Cunningham (SNP)		Bruce Crawford (SNP)
	2013 by				Cara Hilton (Labour)
	2014 by		Alex Rowley (Labour)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament	MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP		MSP
1st (1999–2003)		Bruce Crawford (SNP)		Tricia Marwick (SNP)		George Reid (SNP)		Keith Raffan (Lib Dem)		Keith Harding (Conservative)		Nick Johnston (Conservative)		Brian Monteith (Conservative)
												Murdo Fraser (Conservative)
2nd (2003–07)						Mark Ruskell (Green)				Ted Brocklebank (Conservative)
								Andrew Arbuckle (Lib Dem)
3rd (2007–11)		Chris Harvie (SNP)		John Park (Labour)		Claire Brennan-Baker (Labour)		Richard Simpson (Labour)						Elizabeth Smith (Conservative)
4th (2011–15)		Annabelle Ewing (SNP)								Willie Rennie (Lib Dem)
				Jayne Baxter Labour

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members and one additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional members)
• 2 Conservative MSP (both additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	Keith Brown	SNP hold
	Cowdenbeath	Helen Eadie	Labour hold
	Dunfermline	Bill Walker	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	David Torrance	SNP gain from Labour
	Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Tricia Marwick	SNP hold
	North East Fife	Roderick Campbell	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Perthshire North	John Swinney	SNP hold
	Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP hold
	Stirling	Bruce Crawford	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing	1	±0	116,691	45.2%	+12.7%
	Labour	John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson	3	0	64,623	25.0%	-2.1%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Elizabeth Smith	2	-1	36,458	14.1%	-1.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	1	+1	15,103	5.9%	-7.7%
	Scottish Green		0	0	10,914	4.2%	+0.5%
	All Scotland Pensioners Party		0	0	4,113	1.6%	-0.4
	UKIP		0	0	2,838	1.1%	+0.5%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,771	0.7%	+0.1%
	BNP		0	0	1,726	0.7%	-0.3%
	Independent		0	0	1,446	0.6%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	834	0.3%	-0.1%
	Scottish Christian		0	0	786	0.3%	-0.3%
	Christian Peoples		0	0	638	0.2%	0
	Solidarity		0	0	202	0.1%	-0.8%

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
• 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Jim Tolson	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Fife Central	Tricia Marwick	SNP gain from Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP
	Ochil	Keith Brown	SNP
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
	Stirling	Bruce Crawford	SNP gain from Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Chris Harvie	1	-1	90,090	33.0%	+10%
	Labour	John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson	3	+3	71,922	26.3%	+1.0%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Elizabeth Smith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	44,341	16.2%	-1.3%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	36,195	13.2%	+1.2%
	Scottish Green		0	-1	10,318	3.8%	-3.1%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	5,523	2.0%	N/A
	BNP		0	0	2,620	1.0%	N/A
	Solidarity		0	0	2,468	0.9%	N/A
	Scottish Christian		0	0	1,698	0.6%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	1,587	0.6%	-0.4%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,523	0.6%	-0.4%
	Publican Party		0	0	1,309	0.5%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,116	0.4%	-4.2%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	919	0.3%	N/A
	Christian Peoples		0	0	790	0.3%	N/A
	Free Scotland		0	0	664	0.2%	N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
• 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour
	Fife Central	Christine May	Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP
	Ochil	George Reid	SNP
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	0	63,239	25.3%	-8.0%
	SNP	Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	2	−1	57,631	23.0%	-5.7%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Brian Monteith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	43,941	17.6%	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan	1	±0	30,112	12.0%	-0.7%
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell	1	+1	17,147	6.9%	+3.0%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	11,401	4.6%	+3.6%
	Scottish Pensioners		0	0	8,380	3.4%	N/A
	Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures		0	0	5,064	2.0%	N/A
	Save Local Hospitals		0	0	4,622	1.9%	N/A
	UKIP		0	0	2,355	0.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,273	0.9%	-0.5%
	Scottish People's		0	0	1,191	0.5%	N/A
	Christian Independent Alliance		0	0	1,064	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	996	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	637	0.3%	N/A

Changes:

• Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
• Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)

Constituency results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour win (new seat)
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour win (new seat)
	Fife Central	Henry McLeish	Labour win (new seat)
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Kirkaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour win (new seat)
	North Tayside	John Swinney	SNP win (new seat)
	Ochil	Richard Simpson	Labour win (new seat)
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP win (new seat)
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour win (new seat)

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	N/A	101,964	33.3%	N/A
	SNP	George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	3	N/A	87,659	28.7%	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith	3	N/A	56,719	18.6%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan	1	N/A	38,896	12.7%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	11,821	3.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	4,266	1.4%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	N/A	3,044	1.0%	N/A
	ProLife Alliance		0	N/A	735	0.2%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	558	0.2%	N/A

Changes:

• Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on 10 August 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.