Glenrothes West and Kinglassie (ward)

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Peter Grant (SNP)		Alf Patey (SNP)		Raymond Duguid (Labour)		Betty Campbell (Labour)
2012	Bill Brown (SNP/ Ind.)		Altany Craig (Labour)
2015		Craig Walker (SNP)				Julie Ford (SNP)
2017	3 seats
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Julie Ford (incumbent)	37.9%	1,740
	Labour	Altany Craik (incumbent)	32.5%	1,491
	SNP	Craig Walker (incumbent)	11.6%	533	1,059.7	1,104.3	1,138.2	1,186.9
	Conservative	David Croll	11.6%	531	537.5	613.6	639.7	745
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Smith	3.8%	174	182.2	275.1	327.6
	Independent	Ian Robertson	2.6%	119	128.9	163.6
Electorate: 12,068   Valid: 4,588   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 38.9%

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Julie Ford (incumbent)	30.2	1,442
	Labour	Altany Craik (incumbent)	26.2	1,252
	Conservative	David Croll	15.2	723	726.09	735.08	757.5	762.9	788.3	945.08
	SNP	Craig Walker (incumbent)	13.8	659	873.9	879.5	887.7	918.9	933.8	1,061.6	1,182.2
	Independent	Bill Brown (incumbent)	9.6	460	465.3	477.9	491.6	514.9	548.4
	Scottish Green	Lewis Campbell	1.8	87	93.5	96.2	99.8
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Preston	1.8	86	88.2	97.04	105.5	117.3
	UKIP	Martin Green	1.3	63	65.9	67.9
Electorate: 11,840   Valid: 4,772   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,194   Turnout: 4,842 (40%)

October 2015 By-election

A by-election was called after Peter Grant resigned his seat, having been elected MP for Glenrothes^[3]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (1 October 2015) - 1 seat^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Julie Ford	58.99%	2,235
	Labour	Alan Seath	31.86%	1,207
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	6.18%	234
	Scottish Green	Lorna Ross	2.98%	113
Electorate: 13,910   Valid: 3,789   Quota: 1,895   Turnout: 27.1%

March 2015 By-election

A by-election was called after Betty Campbell died.^[5]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election (26 March 2015) - 1 seat^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Craig Walker	55.3	2,539
	Labour	Alan Seath	35.8	1,643
	Conservative	John Wheatley	4.4	202
	UKIP	Martin Green	3.2	146
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ann Liston	1.3	61
Valid: 4,591   Quota:   Turnout: 32.59

2012 Election

2012 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Betty Campbell (incumbent) †06	27.49	1,424
	SNP	Peter Grant (incumbent) †09	18.17	941	948.9	958.2	959.2	966.5	975.5	1,018.8	1,263.2
	SNP	Bill Brown †08	17.57	910	921.9	931.2	932.5	945.7	956	972.4	1,064.7
	Labour	Altany Craig	13.67	708	1,034.9	1,051.5
	SNP	Craig Walker	6.74	349	350.4	351.4	351.6	353.9	356.9	368.9
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Claire Dawson	5.23	271	283.2	291.8	294.5	310.1	371	478.1	488.6
	Independent	Robert James Taylor	3.71	192	196.3	202.3	203.2	290.5	318.8
	Conservative	Patricia Irvine	2.99	155	156.9	169.2	169.5	170.8
	Independent	Ian Robertson	2.84	147	149.9	158.3	159.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Adamson	1.60	83	85.2
Electorate: 13,711   Valid: 5,180   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,037   Turnout: 5,255 (37.78%)

2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Peter Grant	1,835	28.4	1	1
	Labour	Betty Campbell	1,627	25.2	2	1
	SNP	Alf Patey	1,278	19.8	3	2
	Labour	Raymond Duguid	585	9.1	4	6
	Conservative	David Paterson Croll	384	5.9
	Independent	Bob Taylor	376	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Riches	369	5.7

References

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
3. "New Glenrothes MP resigns as councillor". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
4. "Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election, October 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. "Tributes to councillor and 'lovely lady' Betty Campbell - Fife / Local / News / The Courier". www.thecourier.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
6. "Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election, March 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2017.