North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency).

North East Fife
Scottish Parliament county constituency
North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	Roderick Campbell
Council area	Fife
Party	Scottish National Party

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. 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.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, 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.

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. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.

For the next election in 2011, the reshaped North East Fife constituency will be formed from the following electoral wards;

• In full: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast, Tay Bridgehead, St Andrews, East Neuk and Landward, Cupar

Description of the constituency

The constituency includes the bustling market town of Cupar and the famous St Andrews. It is a relatively prosperous, largely rural, lowland seat, on the coast, with successful livestock farming, fruit-growing and tourism interests. Unemployment is relatively low.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
	2003
	2007
	2011	Roderick Campbell	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	11,029	37.2	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	8,437	28.4	-13.8
	Conservative	Miles Briggs	5,618	18.9	-7.8
	Labour	Colin Davidson	3,613	12.2	+4.3
	UKIP	Mike Scott-Hayward	979	3.3	N/A
Majority			2,592	8.7
Turnout			29,676	50.1
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+ 16.8

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,307	42.2	-3.8
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,291	26.3	-2.5
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	6,735	21.4	+8.8
	Labour	Kenny Young	2,557	8.1	+0.1
	Independent	Tony Campbell	662	2.1	+2.1
Majority			5,016	15.9
Turnout			31,552	51.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.7

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,479	46.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,424	28.8	+4.0
	SNP	Capre Ross-Williams	3,660	12.5	-6.0
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	2,353	8.0	-7.0
	Scottish Socialist	Carlo Morelli	1,366	4.7	N/A
Majority			5,055	17.3
Turnout			29,282	49.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.5

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,590	37.81	N/A
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,526	23.72	N/A
	SNP	Colin Welsh	6,373	17.73	N/A
	Labour	Charles Milne	5,175	14.40	N/A
	Independent	Donald MacGregor	1,540	4.28	N/A
	Independent	Robert Beveridge	737	2.05	N/A
Majority			5,064	14.05	N/A
Turnout			35,941
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing