Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (ward)

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the towns of Buckhaven and Methil, as well as the villages of East Wemyss, West Wemyss, and Coaltown of Wemyss.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Arthur Robertson
(SNP)
Jim Young
(Labour)
Tom Adams
(Labour)
Andrew Roger
(Ind.)
2012 John O'Brien
(SNP)
David Graham
(Labour)
2017 Ryan Smart
(Labour)
Ken Caldwell
(SNP)
2022 Thomas Adams
(Labour)

Election Results

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2022 Election

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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Ken Caldwell (incumbent) 30% 1,532      
Labour David Graham (incumbent) 24.4% 1,248      
SNP John O'Brien (incumbent) 17.4% 890 1,037.4    
Labour Thomas Adams 15.8% 809 838.3 881.9 1,052.9
Conservative Brian Mills 6.5% 330 333.3 336.6 343.7
Liberal Democrats Celyn Ashworth 2.3% 117 119.3 127.3 130.4
Scottish Green Jerome van Leeuwen 2.2% 113 124 193.6 196.7
Alba Susan Blair 1.3% 66 75.7 99.9 102.3
Electorate: 13,540   Valid: 5,105   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,022   Turnout: 38.7%  

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2017 Election

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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour David Graham (incumbent) 30.4 1,661                
SNP John O'Brien (incumbent) 18.1 991 1,014.9 1,015.2 1,020.2 1,039.9 1,059.6 1,064.9 1,074.5 1,161.4
SNP Ken Caldwell 15.4 842 861.1 862.1 864.1 879.5 893.8 904.1 908.7 1,444.7
SNP Leslie Bain 11.6 635 646.6 648.9 653.3 664.3 673.6 682.9 686.7  
Conservative Keith Barton 9.3 507 520.3 522.9 535.4 539.7 567.04      
Labour Ryan Smart 9.1 498 914.5 918.8 935.6 946.6 999.4 1,195.6    
Independent Ronald Hunter 2.5 137 148.3 184.9 195.9 214.9        
Scottish Green Stephen Ferguson 1.4 78 83.5 93.1 100.5          
Liberal Democrats Rory Roberson 1.1 62 69.5 70.5            
Independent Eunice Cameron 1.04 57 61.8              
Electorate: 13,802   Valid: 5,468   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,094   Turnout: 5,638 (40.8%)  

2012 Election

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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour David Graham 28.2 1,430                
Independent Andrew Rodger (incumbent) 25.79 1,307                
SNP John O'Brien 16.38 830 859.7 902 902.9 907.1 915.2 915.6 967.3 1,394.5
Labour Jim Young (incumbent) 14.45 732 1,024.6              
SNP Arthur Robertson (incumbent) 9.67 490 499.3 532.3 533 534 538.2 544 565.9  
Independent Ricky Jannetta 3.02 153 178 253.6 255 261.3 276.6 300.3    
Conservative Keith Stanley Smith 1.18 60 61.2 65.9 65.9 69.8 76.6      
UKIP Kris Seunarine 0.87 44 46.3 54.2 54.4 57.2        
Liberal Democrats Lois Lothian 0.41 21 23.3 26.9 27.2          
Electorate: 14,114   Valid: 5,067   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 5,160 (35.90%)  

2007 Election

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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Andrew Rodger 2,114 33.7 1 1
Labour Tom Adams 1,456 23.2 2 1
SNP Arthur Robertson 712 11.3 3 11
SNP Stuart Macphail 647 10.3
Labour Jim Young 460 7.3 4 11
Independent John O'Brien 225 3.6
Independent Anne Marie Flack 195 3.1
Independent Ricky Jannetta 164 2.6
Liberal Democrats Lois Lothian 107 1.7
Conservative David Graham Stacey 97 1.5
Scottish Socialist Jim McLean 53 0.8
UKIP Kris Seunarine 32 0.5
Independent William Wallace 19 0.3

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.