North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
North East Fife | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of North East Fife in Scotland | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Stephen Gethins (SNP) |
Created from | East Fife |
North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Stephen Gethins. A slightly smaller constituency, also called North East Fife, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
Boundaries
North East Fife in the region of Fife in Scotland has the River Tay on its northern coast, and the Firth of Forth to the south. Other notable population centres include Cupar, Newport-on-Tay, Newburgh, Auchtermuchty and Anstruther. The famous golf and university town of St. Andrews is in this constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Barry Henderson | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | Sir Menzies Campbell | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 1992 | Liberal Democrats | |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2015 | Stephen Gethins | SNP |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stephen Gethins[3] | 18,523 | 40.9 | +26.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Brett[4] | 14,179 | 31.3 | −13.0 | |
Conservative | Huw Matthew Bell[5] | 7,373 | 16.3 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Brian Thomson[6] | 3,476 | 7.7 | −9.5 | |
Scottish Green | Andrew Collins[7] | 1,387 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Mike Scott-Hayward[8] | 325 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,344 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 45,263 | 73.0 | +6.4 | ||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Menzies Campbell | 17,763 | 44.3 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Miles Briggs | 8,715 | 21.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Mark Hood | 6,869 | 17.1 | +4.4 | |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 5,685 | 14.2 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Mike Scott-Hayward | 1,032 | 2.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 9,048 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,064 | 63.6 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −5.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Menzies Campbell | 20,088 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 7,517 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Tony King | 4,920 | 12.8 | N/A | |
SNP | Roderick Campbell | 4,011 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | James Park | 1,071 | 2.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Duncan Pickard | 533 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Jack Ferguson | 416 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,571 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 38,556 | 62.1 | N/A |
In 2005 the ward of Leven East was incorporated into this constituency from what was Central Fife.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Menzies Campbell | 17,926 | 51.7 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 8,190 | 23.6 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Claire Brennan | 3,950 | 11.4 | +1.1 | |
SNP | Kris Murray-Browne | 3,596 | 10.4 | −0.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Keith White | 610 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Leslie Von Goetz | 420 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,736 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 34,692 | 56.0 | −15.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Menzies Campbell | 21,432 | 51.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Bruce | 11,076 | 26.5 | −12.0 | |
SNP | Colin Welsh | 4,545 | 10.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Charles Milne | 4,301 | 10.3 | +4.8 | |
Referendum | William Nick Stewart | 485 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,356 | 24.7 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,839 | 70.5 | −7.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Menzies Campbell | 19,430 | 46.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 16,122 | 38.5 | −2.7 | |
SNP | David Roche | 3,589 | 8.6 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Lynda Clark | 2,319 | 5.5 | −1.9 | |
Scottish Green | Tim Flynn | 294 | 0.7 | ||
Liberal | David Senior | 85 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,308 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,839 | 77.8 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 17,868 | 44.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | James Stewart Barry Henderson | 16,421 | 41.2 | −4.9 | |
Labour | Anthony Michael Edward Gannon | 2,947 | 7.4 | +0.9 | |
SNP | Francis David Roche | 2,616 | 6.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,852 | 76.2 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barry Henderson | 17,129 | 46.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Menzies Campbell | 14,944 | 40.2 | +17.2 | |
SNP | John Hulbert | 2,442 | 6.6 | −7.7 | |
Labour | David Caldwell | 2,429 | 6.5 | −13.4 | |
Ecology | T.G. Flint | 242 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 2,185 | 5.9 | −14.1 | ||
Turnout | 37,186 | 73.7 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
- Preceded by East Fife
See also
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ election result http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&p2sid=10CC3530-AA3B-9CCD-63F538B9ABCE0DB5&themeid=2B892409-722D-4F61-B1CC-7DE81CC06A90 25Aug15
- ^ http://www.snp.org/people/stephen-gethins
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/tim_brett
- ^ https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Bell_Huw
- ^ http://www.votebrian.co.uk/
- ^ http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/news/scottish-greens-confirm-32-candidates-for-biggest-mp-push/
- ^ http://mikescotthayward.blogspot.co.uk
- ^ North East Fife, UKPollingReport