2022 Fife Council election
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Elections to Fife Council will be held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 22 wards created as a result of the Local Government Commission for Scotland's 5th review which was published in September 2016,[1] with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 75 councillors elected.
Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | - | - | |||||||
| Labour | - | - | |||||||
| Conservative | - | - | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | - | - | |||||||
| Scottish Green | - | - | - | ||||||
| UKIP | - | - | - | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | - | - | - | ||||||
| Alba | - | - | - | ||||||
| Scottish Family | - | - | - | ||||||
| TUSC | - | - | - | ||||||
| ISP | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sovereignty | - | - | - | ||||||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results
West Fife and Coastal Villages
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Cockburn | |||||||||
| Labour | Graeme Downie | |||||||||
| Alba | William Gavin | |||||||||
| Independent | Martin Keatings | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Craig McCutcheon | |||||||||
| Labour | Jacqueline McKenna | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Danny Smith | |||||||||
| SNP | Sam Steele | |||||||||
| SNP | Katie Strang | |||||||||
| Conservative | Conner Young | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Dunfermline North
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Auxi Barrera | |||||||||
| TUSC | Dave Edler | |||||||||
| Conservative | Gavin Ellis (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Mags Hall | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline McIlwraith | |||||||||
| SNP | Craig McIvor | |||||||||
| Labour | Gordon Pryde | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Karen Smith | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Dunfermline Central
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Aude Boubaker-Calder | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Lewis Campbell | |||||||||
| SNP | Derek Glen (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Garry Haldane (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Jean Hall Muir (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Jim Leishman (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | Malcolm Macaulay | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Gary Pratt | |||||||||
| Alba | Leanne Tervit | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Dunfermline South
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Naz Anis-Miah | |||||||||
| SNP | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Tom Freeman | |||||||||
| Labour | Cara Hilton | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Paul Lynch | |||||||||
| Labour | Ross Paterson (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | David Ross (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Alba | Rob Thompson | |||||||||
| Independent | Martin Willcocks | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Rosyth
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Brian Goodall | |||||||||
| SNP | Andy Jackson | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Teresa Little | |||||||||
| Alba | Stephen Lynas | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Alastair Macintyre | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Fiona McOwan | |||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | George Morton | |||||||||
| Conservative | Grant Thomson | |||||||||
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | David Barratt (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Ryan Blackadder | |||||||||
| Labour | Patrick Browne | |||||||||
| Conservative | Dave Coleman (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Sarah Davis | |||||||||
| Conservative | Dave Dempsey (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Hawthorne | |||||||||
| SNP | Sarah Neal | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Cowdenbeath
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Alie Bain (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Alba | Jacqueline Bijster | |||||||||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Helen Grieg | |||||||||
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Alyssa Lee | |||||||||
| SNP | Bailey-lee Robb | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Venturi | |||||||||
| Conservative | Darren Watt (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
- 2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Scottish Family | Anil Alexander | |||||||||
| Labour | Mary Bain-Lockhart (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Linda Erskine (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | Margaret Fairgrieve | |||||||||
| SNP | Rosemary Liewald (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Lea McLelland (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Russel McPhate | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Danny Oswald | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Lesley Backhouse (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Independence for Scotland | Andrew Bentley-Steed | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Garry Downie | |||||||||
| Alba | Colin Fraser | |||||||||
| Conservative | Kathleen Leslie (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Claire Luxford | |||||||||
| Labour | Julie MacDougall | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne O'Brien | |||||||||
| SNP | Olaf Stando | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Kirkcaldy North
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Michael Collie | |||||||||
| Alba | Craig Dempsey | |||||||||
| UKIP | Gerald Haddrell | |||||||||
| Conservative | James Leslie | |||||||||
| SNP | Carol Lindsay (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | David Ross (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Ryan Smart | |||||||||
| SNP | Sally Walsh | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Kirkcaldy Central
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Blair Allan | |||||||||
| Labour | Alistair Cameron (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | Graham Duncan | |||||||||
| Labour | Judy Hamilton (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Zoe Hisbent (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Tao Macleod | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Utting | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Kirkcaldy East
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | David Hansen | |||||||||
| Labour | George Macdonald | |||||||||
| Sovereignty | Walter Neilson | |||||||||
| SNP | Nicola Patrick | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Wink Thompson | |||||||||
| Conservative | Richard Watt (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Altany Craik (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | David Croll | |||||||||
| SNP | Julie Ford (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Independent | Ian Robertson | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Smith | |||||||||
| SNP | Craig Walker (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | John Beare (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Frances Bennie | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | George Carratt | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Bryce Goodall | |||||||||
| Conservative | Peter Gulline | |||||||||
| Labour | Afifa Khanam | |||||||||
| SNP | Lynn Mowatt | |||||||||
| Labour | Jan Wincott (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alba | Jim Bryce | |||||||||
| Conservative | Heather Gulline | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | |||||||||
| Labour | Derek Noble (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Morven Ovenstone-Jones | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Steve Saunders | |||||||||
| SNP | Ross Vettraino (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Daniel Wilson | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alba | Jackie Anderson | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Alan Brown | |||||||||
| Conservative | Andy Heer (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Holt | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Malcolm Jack | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Lothian (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | David MacDiarmid (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Tay Bridgehead
- 2017: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Keith Barton | |||||||||
| Independent | Sean Elder | |||||||||
| SNP | Louise Kennedy-Dalby | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Knox | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Colin Palmer | |||||||||
| Alba | Steven Simpson | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonny Tepp (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Philip Thompson | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,525 Valid: 6,432 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,609 Turnout: 6,543 (56.8%) | ||||||||||
St. Andrews
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Al Clark | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Fergus Cook | |||||||||
| Labour | Rosalind Garton | |||||||||
| Conservative | Robin Lawson | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Liston (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Ann Verner (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
East Neuk and Landward
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Corps | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Dillon | |||||||||
| Independent | John Docherty (incumbent) | |||||||||
| SNP | Alycia Hayes | |||||||||
| Independent | Linda Holt (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Stuart Irwin | |||||||||
| Conservative | Debbie MacCallum | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | David Stutchfield | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Cupar
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Adey | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Sylvia Brown | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Caffrey | |||||||||
| Labour | Wendy Haynes | |||||||||
| SNP | Stefan Hoggan-Radu | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Robert Hugh-Jones | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Kennedy (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | Tony Miklinski (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Independent | Gordon Pay | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Leven, Kennoway and Largo
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Eugene Clarke | |||||||||
| Labour | Colin Davidson (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Iain Morrice | |||||||||
| Conservative | Graham Ritchie (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | Davina Saunders | |||||||||
| SNP | Alistair Suttie (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | Jacob Winton | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
- 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Thomas Adams | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Celyn Ashworth | |||||||||
| Alba | Susan Blair | |||||||||
| SNP | Ken Caldwell (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Labour | David Graham (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Conservative | Brian Mills | |||||||||
| SNP | John O'Brien (incumbent) | |||||||||
| Scottish Green | Jerome van Leeuwen | |||||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland - Fifth Electoral Reviews - Fife". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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