Dunfermline Central (ward)

Dunfermline Central is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Lizz Mogg (SNP)		Willie Sullivan (Labour)		Jackie McKenna (Liberal Democrats)	Joe Rosiejak (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Neale Hanvey (SNP)	Jim Leishman (Labour)		Bob Young (Labour)			Joe Rosiejak (Liberal Democrats)
2017	Jean Hall Muir (SNP)		Gary Haldane (Labour)		Alan Craig (Conservative)
2019			Gary Haldane (Labour)		Derek Glen (SNP)
2022				Aude Boubaker-Calder (Liberal Democrats)	Derek Glen (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder	24.7	1,970
	SNP	Derek Glen (incumbent)	20.1	1,603
	SNP	Jean Hall Muir (incumbent)	13.3	1,057	1,075	1,081	1,081	1,119	1,388	1,405	1,486
	Labour	Jim Leishman (incumbent)	13.2	1,055	1,139	1,139	1,155	1,171	1,243	1,473	2,367
	Labour	Garry Haldane (incumbent)	11.4	909	977	978	983	992	1,056	1,216
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaulay	9.4	752	841	841	856	861	878
	Scottish Green	Lewis Campbell	6.0	478	519	520	526	538
	Alba	Leanne Tervit	1.2	94	95	95	101
	Scottish Family	Gary Pratt	0.7	53	56	56
Electorate: 16,854 Valid: 7,971 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,595 Turnout: 47.9%

Source:^[2]^[3]

2019 by-election

In September 2019 Dunfermline Central Conservative Cllr Alan Craig resigned his seat. A by-election was held on 14 November 2019 and Derek Glen gained the seat for the SNP.

Dunfermline Central By-election (14 November 2019)^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Derek Glen	33.16	1,526	1,528	1,628	1,761	1,798	2,297
	Conservative	Chloe Dodds	24.82	1,142	1,150	1,150	1,202
	Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder	22.82	1,050	1,053	1,117	1,343	1,796
	Labour	Michael Boyd	13.49	621	624	656
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	5.11	235	237
	Scottish Libertarian	Keith Chamberlain	0.61	28
Electorate: 15,698 Quota: 2,302 Turnout: 4,602 (29.5%)

2017 election

2017 Fife Council election

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Alan Craig†††	24.1	1,768
	SNP	Jean Hall Muir	18.5	1,359	1,363.3	1,364.3	1,411.3	1,457.1	1,516.1
	Labour	Jim Leishman (incumbent)	15.1	1,115	1,154.6	1,157.6	1,195.6	1,370.7	1,645.2
	Labour	Garry Haldane	11.4	832	871.9	872.9	890.1	977.3	1,067.04	1,181.7	1,182.7	1,498.4
	SNP	Neale Hanvey (incumbent)	11.2	821	822.4	823.4	867.7	890.6	960.9	972.8	1,020.4
	Independent	Doug Hay	8.9	655	716.7	730.4	756.6	888.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lauren Jones	6.9	509	583.04	586.9	633.6
	Scottish Green	Kerstin Romano	3.2	238	245.4	249.7
	Independent	Deek Jackson	0.37	27	31.5
Electorate: 15,564 Valid: 7,324 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,465 Turnout: 7,417 (47.7%)

2012 election

2012 Fife Council election

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jim Leishman	27.96	1,608
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Rosiejak (incumbent)	17.88	1,028	1,072.3	1,243.2
	SNP	Neale Hanvey	17.32	996	1,019.9	1,032.2	1,037.9	1,110.2	1,117.5	1,626.1
	Labour	Bob Young	12.99	747	1,038.3	1,070.9	1,087.9	1,216.8
	SNP	Lizz Mogg(incumbent)	9.2	529	557.4	570.9	582.2	641.2	648.2
	Independent	Jim Gallagher	7.34	422	445.3	541.3	564.8
	Conservative	David Ross	7.32	421	431.2
Electorate: 14,864 Valid: 5,751 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 5,815 (38.69%)

2007 election

2007 Fife Council election

Dunfermline Central
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Labour	Willie Sullivan	1,881	23.9	1	1
Liberal Democrats	Jackie McKenna	1,774	22.6	2	1
SNP	Lizz Mogg	1,574	20.0	3	1
Liberal Democrats	Joe Rosiejak	1,488	19.0	4	2
Conservative	Lisa Marie Callaghan	832	10.6
Scottish Green	Graeme Allan	313	4.0

References

^ "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.
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Dunfermline Central" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 3 Dunfermline Central" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ "Dunfermline Central and Rosyth by-elections | Fife Council". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

[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] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Dunfermline Central" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[3] "Candidate votes per stage Ward 3 Dunfermline Central" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[auto-4] "Dunfermline Central and Rosyth by-elections | Fife Council". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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