Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (ward)
Appearance
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 | David John Barratt (SNP) | |||||||
2018 | Dave Coleman (Conservative) | |||||||
2022 | Sarah Neal (SNP) |
Patrick Browne (Labour) |
Election results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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% |
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]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
Scottish 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]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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]Party | 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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