Rosyth (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Rosyth is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors[edit]

Election	Councillors
2007		Douglas Chapman (SNP)		Pat Callaghan (Labour)	Keith Legg (Liberal Democrats)
2012		Douglas Chapman (SNP)	Mike Shirkie (Labour)
2015	Sharon Wilson (SNP)		Mike Shirkie (Labour)
2017	Samantha Steele (SNP)	Andrew Verrecchia (Labour)		Tony Orton (Conservative)
2019	Sharon Green-Wilson (SNP)			Tony Orton (Conservative)
2022	Brian Goodall (SNP)			Andy Jackson (SNP)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Fife Council election

Rosyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia (incumbent)	26.3%	1,274
	SNP	Brian Goodall	22.4%	1,085	1,088.4	1,089.3	1,092.5	1,139.7	1,232.2
	SNP	Andy Jackson	17%	826	829.7	831	833	883.3	955.9	973	1,032.1	1,120.2
	Conservative	Grant Thomson	16.8%	813	824.5	830.7	854	871	884.2	884.5	1,000.7
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Little	6.5%	316	333.8	336	347.4	366	422.2	422.7
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	5.2%	250	254.9	259	268.2	290.3
	Alba	Stephen Lynas	4%	192	194	196	203.2
	Scottish Family	Alastair Macintyre	1.4%	69	70.9	77
	Libertarian	George Morton	0.5%	23	23.7
Electorate: 11,736 Valid: 4,848 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 42%

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2019 By-election[edit]

On 13 September 2019 Rosyth SNP Councillor Samantha Steele resigned her seat citing health reasons and family problems.^[3] A by-election was held on 14 November 2019 and Sharon Green-Wilson held the seat for the SNP.

Rosyth By-election (14 November 2019)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Sharon Green-Wilson	42.8%	1,347	1,347	1,406	1,429	1,486	1,639
	Conservative	Margaret Fairgrieve	24.4%	768	771	774	822	885	976
	Labour	Billy Pollock	15.2%	480	480	498	526	591
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Blair	7.9%	249	250	275	291
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	5.0%	157	162	168
	Scottish Green	Craig McCutcheon	4.2%	132	133
	Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.5%	16
Electorate: 11,554 Quota: 1,575 Turnout: 3,149 (27.5%)

2017 Election[edit]

2017 Fife Council election

Rosyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Tony Orton	22.3	1,136	1,146	1,149	1,177	1,288
	SNP	Samantha Steele††	21.9	1,118	1,122	1,177	1,194	1,236	1,236.2	1,281.3
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia	18.3	932	935	951	962	1,050	1,053.8	1,221.8	1,221.9	1,490.7
	SNP	Sharon Wilson (incumbent)	14.6	742	742	754	766	777	777.1	830.2	835.8
	Independent	Mike Shirkie (incumbent)	7.9	402	424	434	540	609	611.9
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Chamberlain	7.4	377	383	414	429
	Independent	Steven Leckie	3.06	156	192	207
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	2.9	147	151
	Independent	Alistair MacIntyre	1.7	89
Electorate: 11,643 Valid: 5,099 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,275 Turnout: 5,151 (44.2%)

2015 By-election[edit]

A by-election was held after Douglas Chapman resigned, having been elected MP for Dunfermline and West Fife^[4]

Rosyth by-election (26 November 2015) - 1 seat^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Sharon Wilson	45.2%	1,214	1,235	1,241	1,249	1,263	1,286	1,623
	Labour	Vikki Fairweather	34.5%	926	939	950	966	1,012	1,117
	Conservative	David Ross	9.1%	245	246	256	281	309
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hall	3.6%	97	102	112	122
	UKIP	Colin Mitchelson	3.3%	88	90	97
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	2.5%	66	68
	Scottish Green	Cairinne MacDonald	1.9%	51
Electorate: 10,985 Valid: 2,687 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,344 Turnout: 2,709 (24.66%)

2012 Election[edit]

2012 Fife Council election

Rosyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Douglas Chapman (incumbent) †¹⁰	27.84	1,076
	Labour	Pat Callaghan (incumbent)	27.14	1,049
	Labour	Mike Shirkie	20.54	794	798.1	865	881.6	896.5	930.9	1,044.9
	SNP	Simon Tate	7.92	306	396.5	398.2	404.6	415.3	433.2	510.3
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Dunsmore	7.12	275	279.2	283.1	287.1	305.3	411.4
	Conservative	Ian Dempsey	5.77	223	224.8	225.9	227.9	260.9
	UKIP	Alastair MacIntyre	2.61	101	103.2	104.6	110.6
	Independent	Jason McGilvray	1.06	41	41.9	42.7
Electorate: 10,875 Valid: 3,865 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 967 Turnout: 3,924 (35.54%)

2007 Election[edit]

2007 Fife Council election

Rosyth
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Douglas Chapman	1,672	32.1	1	1
Labour	Pat Callaghan	1,579	30.3	2	1
Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	1,081	20.8	3	3
Labour	Malcolm Macaulay	456	8.8
Conservative	Richard McKell	415	8.0

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.
^ "Rosyth councillor Sam Steele resigns". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ "MP resigns from Fife Council".
^ "Rosyth by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[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] "Rosyth councillor Sam Steele resigns". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[4] "MP resigns from Fife Council".

[5] "Rosyth by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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