Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency): Difference between revisions

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Mid Fife and Glenrothes is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife.^[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It also forms one of the nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.^[3] Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the previous Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

The seat has been held by Jenny Gilruth of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.^[3] The regions covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area, the Perth and Kinross council area and the Stirling council area.^[4]

Map of boundaries from 2011

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, and Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

The seat was created as a result of the first first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2011, and covers the new town of Glenrothes, alongwith smaller settlements such as Largo, Leven, and Kennoway. The following electoral wards of Fife Council were used to define the constituency of Mid Fife and Glenrothes at this review:^[5]

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were left unchanged.^[6][2]

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%		Votes	%
	SNP	Jenny Gilruth[a]	18,115	55.4	0.9	15,877	48.5	2.1
	Labour	Altany Craik	7,881	24.1	1.4	6,326	19.3	2.9
	Conservative	David MacPhee	4,500	13.8	1.7	5,654	17.3	0.8
	Green					1,787	5.5	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Liston	1,789	5.5	1.0	1,570	4.8	1.2
	Alba					535	1.6	New
	All for Unity					322	1.0	New
	Scottish Family	Steve Saunders	385	1.2	New	220	0.7	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					113	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					106	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					68	0.2	0.0
	Reform					60	0.2	New
	UKIP					41	0.1	2.0
	Independent	Martin Keatings				24	0.1	New
	Renew					11	0.0	New
	Independent	Mercy Kamanja				3	0.0	New
Majority			10,234	31.3	2.3
Valid Votes			32,670			32,717
Invalid Votes			70			40
Turnout			32,740	59.9	6.1	32,757	59.9	6.1
	SNP hold		Swing

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Fife and Glenrothes^[8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%		Votes	%
	SNP	Jenny Gilruth	15,555	54.5	2.2	14,495	50.6	0.9
	Labour	Kay Morrison	7,279	25.5	10.9	6,365	22.2	10.8
	Conservative	Alex Stewart-Clark	4,427	15.5	9.1	4,718	16.5	10.0
	Green					1,140	4.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jane-Ann Liston	1,286	4.5	2.1	1,030	3.6	1.4
	UKIP					603	2.1	1.3
	Solidarity					121	0.4	0.4
	RISE					91	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					58	0.2	New
Majority			8,276	29.0	13.1
Valid Votes			28,547			28,621
Invalid Votes			74			46
Turnout			28,621	53.8	4.6	28,667	53.8	4.6
	SNP hold		Swing