Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcaldy County constituency
Created:	1974
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons

Kirkcaldy was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was created at the February 1974 election, mostly replacing Kirkcaldy Burghs. In 2005 the seat was abolished, being mostly replaced by Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath with a small portion becoming part of Glenrothes.

1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Notes and references

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Member of Parliament

1974–1987: Harry Gourlay, Labour, previously MP for Kirkcaldy Burghs
1987–2005: Lewis Moonie, Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2001: Kirkcaldy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Moonie	15,227	54.1	+0.5
	Scottish National	Shirley-Anne Somerville	6,264	22.2	-0.7
	Conservative	Scott Campbell	3,013	10.7	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Weston	2,849	10.1	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Douglas Kinnear	804	2.9	N/A
Majority			8,963	31.9
Turnout			28,157	54.6	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

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[edit] See also

v • d • e Westminster constituencies of Scotland

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