Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (ward)

Location of the ward^[1]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors. The boundary covers the settlements of Inverkeithing, Hillend and Dalgety Bay.

Councillors[edit]

Election	Councillors
2007		Alice McGarry (SNP)		Bob Eadie (Labour)	Dave Dempsey (Conservative)	Dave Herbert (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Lesley Laird (Labour)			Gavin Yates (Labour)
2017	Lesley Laird (Labour)			David John Barratt (SNP)
2018			Dave Coleman (Conservative)
2022	Sarah Neal (SNP)		Patrick Browne (Labour)

Election results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Barratt (incumbent)	28.4%	2,187
	Labour	Patrick Browne	18.5%	1,426	1,467.9	1,471.9	1,612
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	17.6%	1,355	1,380.7	1,401.6	1,446.6	1,456.7	1,494.3	1,519.2	2,430.5
	Conservative	Dave Coleman (incumbent)	11.6%	897	908.2	923.2	939.8	950.6	990.6	1,014.9
	SNP	Sarah Neal	10.4%	802	1,262.2	1,273.1	1,296.4	1,302.9	1,763.6
	Scottish Green	Ryan Blackadder	8.2%	634	709	728.6	791.4	807.4
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Hawthorne	4%	309	316.7	329.7
	Scottish Family	Sarah Davis	1.2%	93	95.4
Electorate: 14,541 Valid: 7,703 Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 53.7%

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2018 by-election[edit]

On 8 June 2018, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Labour Councillor, Shadow Scottish Secretary, and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, Lesley Laird resigned her seat as she won the MP seat for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.^[3] A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman.^[4]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election (6 September 2018)^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Dave Coleman	37.3%	2,309	2,312	2,316	2,330	2,455	2,615	2,839
	SNP	Neale Hanvey	28.1%	1,741	1,741	1,744	1,840	1,950	2,076	2,327
	Labour	Billy Pollock	12.0%	744	746	747	794	867	1,058
	Liberal Democrats	Callum John Hawthorne	9.1%	566	568	573	631	738
	Independent	Peter Collins	8.4%	521	524	545	565
	Scottish Green	Mags Hall	4.2%	257	257	258
	Independent	Alastair Amundsen MacIntyre	0.6%	40	41
	Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.2%	13
Electorate: 14,484 Valid: 6,191 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 3,096 Turnout: 6,239 (43.1%)

2017 election[edit]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	36.6	2,841
	Labour	Lesley Laird (incumbent)†	16.8	1,305	1,620.09
	SNP	Alice McGarry (incumbent)	15.8	1,229	1,252.1	1,258.3	1,333.7	1,395.4	1,585.02
	SNP	David John Barratt	15	1,165	1,184.9	1,187.4	1,241.8	1,280.2	1,482.8
	Independent	Helen Cannon-Todd	7.3	564	872.3	884.3	942.8	1,262.2
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Hawthorne	5	388	649.6	672.9	745.9
	Scottish Green	David Hansen	3.5	271	310.9	317.3
Electorate: 14,398 Valid: 7,763 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 7,822 (54.3%)

2012 election[edit]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Alice McGarry (incumbent)	25.56	1,377
	Labour	Lesley Laird	17.82	960	978.7	991.1	1,060.5	1,061.6	1,197.8
	Labour	Gavin Yates	16.28	877	888.7	899.2	1,025.2	1,026.3	1,241.3
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	15.44	832	843.1	930.7	1,085.2
	SNP	Helen Todd	12.29	662	891.5	918.6	1,000.8	1,001.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walker *	9.23	497	506.3	522.6
	UKIP	Mike Arthur	3.38	182	185.5
Electorate: 13,311 Valid: 5,387 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,078 Turnout: 5,441 (40.47%)

2007 election[edit]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Alice McGarry	2,172	29.5	1	1
Labour	Bob Eadie	1,510	20.5	2	1
Liberal Democrats	Dave Herbert	1,337	18.1	3	2
Conservative	Dave Dempsey	1,291	17.5	4	4
Labour	Jim Philp	512	6.9
Scottish Green	Ian Sinclair	349	4.7
UKIP	Chris Ashton	137	1.9
Scottish Socialist	David Noble	60	0.8

References[edit]

^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Kirkcaldy MP Lesley Laird resigns as councillor". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Tory candidate Dave Coleman wins Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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[1] "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".

[2] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[3] "Kirkcaldy MP Lesley Laird resigns as councillor". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[4] "Tory candidate Dave Coleman wins Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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