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West Fife and Coastal Villages (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife area council in central east Scotland. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Bill Walker
(SNP)
Bobby McClelland
(Labour)
William Ferguson
(Ind.)
Gerry McMullan
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Kate Stewart
(SNP/
Ind.)
Alice Callaghan
(Labour)
2017 Mino Manekshaw
(Conservative)
3 seats
2020
2022 Sam Steele
(SNP)
Graeme Downie
(Labour)
Conner Young
(Conservative)

Election results

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2024 by-election

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West Fife and Coastal Villages by-election (28 November 2024) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Karen Beaton 33.1 881 882 890 921 1,010 1,147 1,474
SNP Paul Steele 33.1 879 887 896 944 985 1,015  
Conservative David Ross 16.0 426 434 444 449 516    
Liberal Democrats Paul Buchanan-Quigley 8.5 227 232 246 279      
Scottish Green Fiona McOwan 4.8 128 130 141        
Independent George Morton 2.4 64 77          
Scottish Family Danny Smith 1.9 53            
Electorate: 13,577   Valid: 2,658   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 1,330   Turnout: 19.8%  

Source:[2][3]

2022 election

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West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Graeme Downie 24.9 1,482 1,487 1,492              
SNP Sam Steele 21.8 1,301 1,307 1,330 1,330 1,336 1,417 1,448 1,509    
Conservative Conner Young 17.1 1,017 1,020 1,020 1,020 1,056 1,062 1,179 1,286 1,286 1,425
SNP Katie Strang 14.0 837 843 860 860 865 933 961 1,012 1,027  
Labour Jacqueline McKenna 7.7 458 458 461 461 471 501 640      
Liberal Democrats Jo Cockburn 6.7 399 402 406 406 418 460        
Scottish Green Craig McCutcheon 4.1 246 251 264 264 273          
Scottish Family Danny Smith 1.6 94 97 107 107            
Alba William Gavin 1.4 83 92                
Independent Martin Keatings 0.8 46                  
Electorate: 13,553   Valid: 5,963   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,491   Turnout: 44.9%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 election

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2017 Fife Council election

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Bobby Clelland (incumbent) 27.08% 1,682            
Conservative Mino Manekshaw 19.1% 1,186 1,190.4 1,197.4 1,253.5 1,382.4 1,542.6 1,575.5
SNP Kate Stewart (incumbent)† 17.45% 1,084 1,091.1 1,138.1 1,173.3 1,203.4 1,271.7 2,250
SNP Willie Gavin 15.94% 990 994.2 1,018.4 1,031.6 1,067.6 1,139  
Labour Suzanne Davies 8.66% 538 635.1 654.5 691.5 816.2    
Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder 5.8% 360 363.5 382.5 438      
Independent Martin Keatings 3.54% 220 222.6 245.9        
Scottish Green Jeroen Van Leeuwen 2.43% 151 152.3          
Electorate: 13,030   Valid: 6,211   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 6,348 (48.7%)  

2012 election

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2012 Fife Council election

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Bobby Clelland (incumbent) 30.65 1,933              
SNP Kate Stewart 15.73 992 1,020.8 1,035.8 1,055.3 1,077.8 1,597.3    
Labour Alice Callaghan 14.11 890 1,420.1            
Independent William Ferguson (incumbent) 11.46 723 749.4 771.6 810.1 956.8 975.2 1,053.8 1,394.8
Liberal Democrats Gerry McMullan (incumbent) 9.59 605 618.5 631.1 646.2 859.5 871.6 916  
SNP Len Woods 8.77 553 565.8 569.7 576.2 590.1      
Conservative Bruce Holborn 8.01 505 511.9 516.6 531.1        
Scottish Senior Citizens Charlie Ross 1.68 106 114.7 128.2          
Electorate: 14,331   Valid: 6,307   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 863   Turnout: 6,385 (44.01%)  

2007 election

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2007 Fife Council election

West Fife and Coastal Villages
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Labour Bobby Clelland 1,826 23.0 1 1
Liberal Democrats Gerry McMullan 1,722 21.6 2 1
SNP Bill Walker 1,663 20.9 3 1
Independent William Ferguson 1,244 15.6 4 6
Labour Helen Law 896 11.3
Conservative Dennis Halligan 605 7.6

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 - West Fife and Coastal Villages" (PDF). Fife Council. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 - West Fife and Coastal Villages" (PDF). 29 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 West Fife & Coastal Villages" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 1 West Fife & Coastal Villages" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.