Cowdenbeath is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the town of Cowdenbeath as well as the nearby villages of Crossgates, Hill of Beath, Kelty, and Lumphinnans.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alistair John Bain (SNP) |
John Simpson (Labour) |
Alex Maxwell (Ind.) |
3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Jayne Baxter (Labour) |
Peter Lockhart (Labour) | ||||||
| 2014 | Gary Guichan (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Alex Campbell (Labour) |
Darren Watt (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Bailey-Lee Robb (SNP) | |||||||
Election Results
edit2022 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | 30.6% | 2,028 | |||||||||
| SNP | Alie Bain (incumbent) | 28.9% | 1,916 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Darren Watt (incumbent) | 18.9% | 1,256 | 1,309.9 | 1,320.1 | 1,346.1 | ||||||
| SNP | Bailey-Lee Robb | 7.7% | 513 | 543.8 | 1,001.8 | 1,009.6 | 1,010.8 | 1,047.5 | 1,054.9 | 1,162.6 | 1,381.2 | |
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | 7.4% | 489 | 992.3 | 1,020.6 | 1,034.3 | 1,040.6 | 1,055.6 | 1,094.5 | 1,158.4 | ||
| Scottish Green | Alyssa Lee | 2.5% | 169 | 179.7 | 207.4 | 217.7 | 218.4 | 237.3 | 260.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Venturi | 1.4% | 96 | 106.7 | 108.6 | 113.2 | 116.6 | 120.3 | ||||
| Alba | Jacqueline Bijster | 1.3% | 85 | 92.3 | 110.1 | 115.7 | 116 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Helen Grieg | 1.2% | 80 | 90 | 96.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: 17,132 Valid: 6,632 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,327 Turnout: 39.8% | ||||||||||||
2017 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | 31.4 | 2,065 | |||||||
| SNP | Alistair Bain (incumbent) | 21.5 | 1,415 | |||||||
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | 15.7 | 1,030 | 1,563.2 | ||||||
| Conservative | Darren Watt | 15.4 | 1,013 | 1,054.4 | 1,091.9 | 1,092.8 | 1,145.6 | 1,180.6 | 1,492.2 | |
| SNP | Ann Bain (incumbent) | 12.2 | 799 | 851.7 | 878.2 | 969.06 | 975.9 | 1,058.5 | ||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 2.3 | 150 | 164.2 | 182.3 | 184.9 | 215.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches * | 1.5 | 101 | 113.7 | 144.02 | 144.7 | ||||
| Electorate: 16,440 Valid: 6,573 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 6,707 (40.8%) | ||||||||||
2014 By-election
editA by-election was held after Jane Baxter became an MSP.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Gary Guichan | 61.5 | 2,039 | |
| SNP | Connor Watt | 25.2 | 834 | |
| UKIP | Judith Rideout | 8.4 | 277 | |
| Conservative | John Wheatley | 4.9 | 164 | |
| Valid: 3,314 Quota: Turnout: 29.67% | ||||
2012 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Peter Lockhart | 35.32 | 1,309 | ||
| Labour | Jayne Baxter †04 | 30.14 | 1,117 | ||
| SNP | Alistair Bain (incumbent) | 24.15 | 895 | 959.2 | |
| SNP | Darren Tod | 4.86 | 180 | 197.5 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Harvey | 3.40 | 126 | 142.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Walker | 2.13 | 79 | 114 | |
| Electorate: 10,742 Valid: 3,706 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 927 Turnout: 3,767 (34.50%) | |||||
2007 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Simpson | 1,414 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Alex Maxwell | 1,350 | 26.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Alistair John Bain | 968 | 18.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Labour | Lesley McEwan | 624 | 12.1 | |||
| Independent | Robert Arnott | 384 | 7.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Hipwell | 246 | 4.8 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Smith | 148 | 2.9 | |||
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.