Central Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Central Fife Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Central Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Tricia Marwick |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Fife |
Central Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth, Stirling and Tayside North.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1]. Most of the Fife Central Westminster constituency was merged into the Glenrothes constituency.
The Holyrood constituency of Fife Central is one of five Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies covering the Fife council area, the others being Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife North East and Kirkcaldy. All are entirely within the council area.
Fife Central covers a central portion of the council area, south-west of Fife North East, north of Kirkcaldy, and north-west of Dunfermline East.
[edit] Description of the constituency
The constituency includes the new town of Glenrothes and the industrial ports of Leven and Methil. The main industries in this region were once coal and linoleum, but nowadays Glenrothes is a centre for the electronics and off-shore oil industries. The area has a history of Labour representation but not a future.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Henry McLeish | Labour | |
| 2003 | Christine May | ||
| 2007 | Tricia Marwick | Scottish National Party | |
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Central Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Tricia Marwick | 11,920 | 44.2 | +13.6 | |
| Labour | Christine May | 10,754 | 39.9 | -1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches | 2,288 | 8.5 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Maurice Golden | 2,003 | 7.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,166 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 26,965 | 46.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour | Swing | 7.6 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Central Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christine May | 10,591 | 41.4 | -15.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | Tricia Marwick | 7,829 | 30.6 | -0.3 | |
| Independent | Andrew Rodger | 2,258 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | James North | 1,803 | 7.0 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Richies | 1,725 | 6.7 | +0.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Morag Balfour | 1,391 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Majority | 2,762 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 25,597 | 44.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -15.9 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Central Fife | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Henry McLeish | 18,828 | 57.31 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Tricia Marwick | 10,153 | 30.91 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Ann Liston | 1,953 | 5.94 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Keith Harding | 1,918 | 5.84 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,675 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 32,852 | ||||
