2017 Fife Council election

Elections to Fife Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 22 wards created as a result of the Local Government Commission for Scotland's 5th review which was published in September 2016,[1] with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 75 councillors elected; a decrease of three seats from 2012 as one ward, The Lochs, was abolished.

2017 Fife Council election

4 May 2017
All 75 seats to Fife Council 38 seats needed for a majority
Leader David Alexander David Ross Dave Dempsey Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Leven, Kennoway and Largo Kirkcaldy North Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election 26 seats, 33.33% 35 seats, 44.87% 3 seats, 3.85% Seats before 26 34 3 Seats won 29 24 15 Seat change 3 11 12 Popular vote 42,674 30,078 26,577 Percentage 33.8% 23.9% 21.1%   Leader Elizabeth Riches Andrew Rodger Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat Cowdenbeath Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages Last election 10 seats, 12.82% 4 seats, 5.13% Seats before 10 5 Seats after 7 0 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 16,556 5,507 Percentage 13.1% 4.4%
Map of new council wards
Council Leader before election David Ross Labour Council Leader after election David Alexander & David Ross SNP and Scottish Labour

The Scottish National Party replaced Scottish Labour as the largest party for the first time in the Fife region, although they did not gain enough seats to form a majority, and both the group leader and deputy leader lost their seats.[2] The Scottish Conservatives made the most gains, replacing the Scottish Liberal Democrats as the third biggest party. The election also returned no Independent councillors, marking the first time the area will be without any Independent representation since the creation of Fife Regional Council in 1974.

On 18 May, the two largest parties of the new council, the SNP and Scottish Labour, signed a Power Sharing Agreement to co-run an administration. David Alexander (SNP) and David Ross (Labour) were made co-leaders, and Jim Leishman remained in his role as Provost.[3]

Election results

Fife Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	29	-	-	+3	38.67%	33.8%	42,674	+2.7%
	Labour	24	-	-	-11	32.00%	23.9%	30,078	-14.6%
	Conservative	15	-	-	+12	20.00%	21.1%	26,577	+13.3%
	Liberal Democrats	7	-	-	-3	9.33%	13.1%	16,556	0%
	Independent	0	-	-	-4	0%	4.4%	5,507	-1.8%
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	0%	3.4%	4,316	+2.4%
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	0	-	-	-	0%	0.2%	249	+0.2%
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	0%	0.05%	63	-0.9%
	Solidarity	0	-	-	-	0%	0.05%	61	0.05%
	Scottish Libertarian	0	-	-	-	0%	0.01%	16	0.01%

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

West Fife and Coastal Villages

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from Lab (One less seat in this ward for 2017)

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Bobby Clelland (incumbent)	27.08%	1,682
	Conservative	Mino Manekshaw	19.1%	1,186	1,190.4	1,197.4	1,253.5	1,382.4	1,542.6	1,575.5
	SNP	Kate Stewart (incumbent)	17.45%	1,084	1,091.1	1,138.1	1,173.3	1,203.4	1,271.7	2,250
	SNP	Willie Gavin	15.94%	990	994.2	1,018.4	1,031.6	1,067.6	1,139
	Labour	Suzanne Davies	8.66%	538	635.1	654.5	691.5	816.2
	Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder	5.8%	360	363.5	382.5	438
	Independent	Martin Keatings	3.54%	220	222.6	245.9
	Scottish Green	Jeroen Van Leeuwen	2.43%	151	152.3
Electorate: 13,030   Valid: 6,211   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 6,348 (48.7%)

Dunfermline North

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from Lab

Dunfermline North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Gavin Ellis	23.46%	1,264	1,274	1,432
	SNP	Ian Ferguson (incumbent)	22.01%	1,186	1,216	1,240	1,242.1	1909.5
	Labour	Helen Law (incumbent)	16.02%	863	880	1,016	1,032.8	1,053.8	1,169.5	1,971.5
	Labour	Michael Boyd	13.96%	752	774	850	870.3	893.4	994.8
	SNP	Fiona Fisher	12.29%	662	714	746	746.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Jones	8.5%	458	503
	Scottish Green	Mags Hall	3.77%	203
Electorate: 11,908   Valid: 5,388   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,348   Turnout: 5,475 (46%)

Dunfermline Central

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Lib Dem

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Dunfermline South

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain from Labour

Dunfermline South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	David Ross	23.2	1,660
	SNP	Fay Sinclair (incumbent)	18.17	1,302	1,304.9	1,361.3	1,389.5	1,403.8	1,404.03	2,505.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	17.08	1,224	1,325.7	1,389.9	1,436.2
	SNP	Brian Goodall (incumbent)	15.7	1,128	1,130.3	1,189.5	1,219.7	1,237.7	1,238.09
	Labour	Ross Patterson	15.2	1,086	1,116.8	1,148.3	1,560.9
	Labour	Billy Pollock (incumbent)	7.2	521	539.9	555.3
	Scottish Green	Michael Collie	3.4	245	253.6
Electorate: 16,388   Valid: 7,166   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,434   Turnout: 7,241 (44.2%)

Rosyth

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Rosyth - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Tony Orton	22.3	1,136	1,146	1,149	1,177	1,288
	SNP	Samantha Steele††	21.9	1,118	1,122	1,177	1,194	1,236	1,236.2	1,281.3
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia	18.3	932	935	951	962	1,050	1,053.8	1,221.8	1,221.9	1,490.7
	SNP	Sharon Wilson (incumbent)	14.6	742	742	754	766	777	777.1	830.2	835.8
	Independent	Mike Shirkie (incumbent)	7.9	402	424	434	540	609	611.9
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Chamberlain	7.4	377	383	414	429
	Independent	Steven Leckie	3.06	156	192	207
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	2.9	147	151
	Independent	Alistair MacIntyre	1.7	89
Electorate: 11,643   Valid: 5,099   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,275   Turnout: 5,151 (44.2%)

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Labour

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Cowdenbeath

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: (One additional seat in this ward for 2017) Conservative gain additional seat

Cowdenbeath - 4 seats

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%)

• = Sitting Councillor for East Neuk and Landward Ward.

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: (One additional seat in this ward for 2017) SNP gain additional seat

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Mary Bain Lockhart (incumbent)	24.6	1,257
	Labour	Linda Erskine (incumbent)	20.2	1,033
	SNP	Lea McLelland	19.5	994	1,018.9	1,019.7	1,034.5
	SNP	Rosemary Liewald	19.4	990	1,008.4	1,009.5	1,029.4
	Conservative	Scott Campbell	9.7	497	532.3	534.09	538.8
	Independent	James Glen	5.2	263	289.5	291.2	312.5
	Scottish Green	Ronnie Mackie	1.4	70	85.2	85.9
Electorate: 13,796   Valid: 5,104   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 5,274 (38.2%)

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

• 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Lib Dem

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Conservative	Kathleen Leslie	25.1	1,479
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse	19.4	1,144	1,144.09	1,145.09	1,177.09	1,192.09	1,283.1	1,710.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie (incumbent)	13.6	769	770.8	771.8	799.08	819.9	891.9	909.9	943.9	1,121.1
	Labour	Gordon Langlands	12.9	761	761.8	762.8	818.8	988.9	1,035.01	1,051.02	1,088.7	1,229.7	1,660.1
	Independent	Roy Mackie	8.07	475	475.6	479.6	540.9	557.9	610.04	620.04	673.9
	SNP	Stuart MacPhail *	7.3	429	429.03	437.03	440.03	446.04	491.04
	Scottish Green	Scott Rutherford	5.3	314	314.1	326.1	331.1	342.2
	Labour	Fiona Sword	4.1	242	242.3	243.3	257.3
	Independent	Peter George (incumbent)	4.06	239	239.6	241.6
	Solidarity	Bill Mair	0.6	36	36
Electorate: 11,582   Valid: 5,888   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,473   Turnout: 5,967 (51.5%)

• = Sitting Councillor for Kirkcaldy Central.

Kirkcaldy North

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Neil Crooks (incumbent)	29.4	1,486
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	21.3	1,076	1,085.03	1,089.2	1,129.6	1,670.4
	Conservative	James Leslie	17.7	896	906.2	938.7	967.1	972.9	991.5
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	14.9	757	920.4	954.8	995.4	1,013.9	1,138.7	1,553.5
	SNP	Jane Glen	11.3	570	582.4	589.8	621.06
	Scottish Green	Susan Jeynes	2.9	149	152.1	183.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harald Gavin	2.5	129	135.8
Electorate: 12,304   Valid: 5,063   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,266   Turnout: 5,149 (41.8%)

Kirkcaldy Central

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Kirkcaldy Central - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Zoe Hisbent	23.3	1,138	1,139	1,148	1,162	1,218	1,740
	Labour	Alastair Cameron	18.4	898	898	930	962	995	1,020	1,108.8	1,328.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Ross	17.7	865	867	888	914	930	932	948.7
	Labour	Judy Hamilton (incumbent)	17.3	845	847	865	887	940	981	1,069.8	1,257.9
	SNP	Maciej Wiczynski	12.5	610	611	614	624	670
	Scottish Green	Cairinne MacDonald	4.6	223	226	249	279
	Independent	Daniel Penman	3.0	145	148	163
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Dakers	2.8	138	140
	Scottish Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.33	16
Electorate: 11,449   Valid: 4,878   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,220   Turnout: 4,991 (43.6%)

Kirkcaldy East

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Kirkcaldy East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Ian Cameron	24.7	985	993	1,002
	SNP	Rod Cavanagh	22.5	897	898	903	903.08	946.08	968.3	1,035.3
	Conservative	Richard Watt	15.3	611	625	630	630.09	642.09	671.4	791.5	791.7	924.8
	SNP	Steve McMahon	13.3	533	537	551	551.03	584.03	596.1	682.1	714.9
	Independent	Marie Penman (incumbent)	10.5	421	438	483	483.2	532.2	591.6
	Labour	Mhairi Cameron	5	199	203	209	211.4	237.4
	Scottish Green	Sandy Forbes	4.1	164	176	189	189.04
	Independent	Matthew Ritchie	2.7	108	111
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rottger	1.9	75
Electorate: 10,747   Valid: 3,993   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 999   Turnout: 4,112 (38.3%)

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: (One less seat in this ward for 2017) Labour lose seat

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%)

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Fiona Grant (incumbent)	25.95	1,704
	Conservative	Michael Green	22.97	1,508
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	17.1	1,123	1,435.9
	Labour	Jan Wincott	14.5	949	964.4	992.7	1,004.5	1,019.07	1,093.06	1,167.2	1,320.7
	Labour	John Wincott (incumbent)	7.8	514	519.9	527.5	530.5	532.4	551.8	583.04	612.8
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	Jamie Donaldson	3.8	249	251.9	311.9	314.9	334.3	360.5
	Scottish Green	Lorna Ross	3.5	232	252.4	258.6	303.9	329.7	390.06	441.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Legg	3.1	204	210.4	241.7	247.7	265.2
	Independent	Kyle Mackie	1.2	81	86.3	95.07	101.7
Electorate: 14,497   Valid: 6,564   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 6,677 (46.1%)

Glenrothes Central and Thornton

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Labour

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Ross Vetraino (incumbent)	28.1	1,362
	SNP	Vikki Wilton	16.5	799	927.6	938.07	943.07	989.06	995.2	1,023.4	1,066.7	1,081.6	1,166.2
	Labour	Derek Noble	15.5	750	752.3	754.3	761.5	774.8	796.9	836.9	1,370.6
	Conservative	Brian Mills	14.8	716	717.3	719.3	721.3	729.3	764.3	803.3	837.8	866.8
	Labour	Ian Sloan (incumbent)	13.7	663	668.4	674.7	686.7	694.8	713.8	740.3
	Independent	Ian Crichton (incumbent)	3.1	151	151.9	169.9	214.2	230.3	257.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	2.6	128	128.8	128.8	131.9	145.9
	Scottish Green	Glen McGill	2.4	117	118.7	125.7	129.7
	Independent	Ian Robertson	1.8	88	88.9	103.9
	Independent	Bert Thomson	1.5	71	72.1
Electorate: 12,044   Valid: 4,845   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 4,988 (41.4%)

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast

• 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Lothian (incumbent)	36.3	2,156
	Conservative	Andy Heer (incumbent)	23.8	1,413	1,670.07
	SNP	David MacDiarmid (incumbent)	16.9	1,002	1,054.3	1,059.8	1,071.9	1,103.1	1,243.2	2,068.2
	SNP	Violeta Ilendo	11.7	695	716.5	718.5	731.6	748.3	951.4
	Scottish Green	Rosie Grant	5.6	335	397.9	411.9	463.1	602.6
	Labour	Joshua Osborne	3.8	226	317.5	355.5	402.2
	Independent	Jane Freer	1.9	112	162.1	209.9
Electorate: 11,275   Valid: 5,939   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,485   Turnout: 5,998 (53.2%)

Tay Bridgehead

• 2012: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Tay Bridgehead - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett (incumbent)	35.3	2,270
	SNP	Bill Connor (incumbent)	18.6	1,197	1,233.9	1,314.1	1,357.2	2,041.6
	Conservative	Robert Drysdale	16.8	1,079	1,145.09	1,148.7	1,184	1,186.3	1,205.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Tepp	10.2	657	1,134.2	1,191.9	1,346.2	1,375.7	1,514.09	2,186.6
	SNP	Derek Gray	9.98	642	652.8	710.5	749.8
	Labour	Jane O' Neill	5.3	340	362.1	401.5
	Scottish Green	Fergus Cook	3.8	247	267.4
Electorate: 11,525   Valid: 6,432   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,609   Turnout: 6,543 (56.8%)

St. Andrews

• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
• 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

St. Andrews - 4 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ann Liston	21.54%	1,083
	Conservative	Dominic Nolan	20.03%	1,007
	Labour	Brian Thomson (incumbent)	12.73%	640	644.6	647.8	657.9	742.2	753.3	856.1	863.7	1156.4
	SNP	Ann Verner	10.5%	528	529.1	532.2	536.2	582.2	990.5	1037.6
	Independent	Dorothea Morrison (incumbent)	9.87%	496	501	513	555.5	583.6	586.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mariam Mahmood	8.97%	451	509.1	519.3	529.9	597	607.1	763.5	769.6
	SNP	Colin Veitch	8.04%	404	404.8	405.6	407.8	450.9
	Scottish Green	Andy Collins	5.63%	283	284.9	293.1	298.2
	Independent	Christopher McKinlay	1.45%	73	74.5	91.5
	Independent	Clare Fisher	1.23%	62	62.7
Electorate: 10209   Valid: 5027   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1006   Turnout: 5080 49.8%

East Neuk and Landward

• 2012: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Lib Dem

East Neuk and Landward - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Linda Holt††††	28.9	1,508
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Porteous	19.4	1,014	1,095.3	1,138.2	1,216.08	1,268.6	1,281.5	2,249.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alisdair Gilbert	17.09	891	930.2	974.3	1,050.7	1,059.9	1,073.4
	SNP	John Docherty (incumbent)	13.5	703	704.8	744.9	766.3	1,368.4
	SNP	Margaret Harper	12.2	634	635.8	680.03	715.3
	Labour	Rosalind Garton	4.6	242	252.6	291.4
	Scottish Green	Benjamin Bridgman	4.3	222	227.4
Electorate: 10,149   Valid: 5,214   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,304   Turnout: 5,277 (52%)

Cupar

• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Independent

Cupar - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Kennedy (incumbent)	40.7	2,401
	Conservative	Tony Miklinski	26.5	1,561
	SNP	Karen Marjoram (incumbent)	18.05	1,064	1,186	1,188.3	1,521.7
	SNP	Steven Simpson	6.09	359	381	381.7
	Scottish Green	Jenny Collins	4.7	275	456.07	467.3	492.3
	Labour	Helen Martin	3.97	234	525.5	548.4	555.8
Electorate: 11,144   Valid: 5,894   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,474   Turnout: 5,970 (53.6%)

Leven, Kennoway and Largo

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	23.6	1,506
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie	21.02	1,339
	SNP	Alistair Suttie (incumbent)	15.7	1,002	1,194.9	1,196.2	1,204.9	1,256.9	1,348.9
	Labour	Colin Davidson	13.9	885	892.9	900.7	902.6	913.5	1,109.7	1,124.09	1,972.9
	Labour	Tom Adams (incumbent)	13.7	872	879.09	883.7	886.9	901.2	988.6	1,001.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wood	9.8	625	628.2	652.9	656.3	687.6
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	1.8	115	122.09	124.3	127.6
	Solidarity	Craig Duncan	0.39	25	27.5	28.3
Electorate: 14,841   Valid: 6,369   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,274   Turnout: 6,491 (43.7%)

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

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%)

Changes since 2017

• † On 8 June 2018, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Labour Councillor Lesley Laird resigned her seat as she won the MP seat for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Shadow Scottish Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.[4] A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman.[5]
• †† On 13 September 2019 Rosyth SNP Councillor Samantha Steele resigned her seat citing health reasons and family problems.[6] A by-election was held on 14 November 2019 and Sharon Green-Wilson held the seat for the SNP.
• ††† 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
• †††† On 2 December 2019 East Neuk and Landward Conservative Cllr Linda Holt resigned from the party and became an Independent calling the Tories dysfunctional.[7]

By-elections since 2017

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay By-election (6 September 2018)[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Dunfermline Central By-election (14 November 2019)[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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   Valid:   Quota: 2,302   Turnout: 4,602 (29.5%)

Rosyth By-election (14 November 2019)[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Sharon Green-Wilson	42.8%	1,347	1,347	1,406	1,429	1,486	1,639
	Conservative	Margaret Fairgrieve	24.4%	768	771	774	822	885	976
	Labour	Billy Pollock	15.2%	480	480	498	526	591
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Blair	7.9%	249	250	275	291
	Independent	Alastair MacIntyre	5.0%	157	162	168
	Scottish Green	Craig McCutcheon	4.2%	132	133
	Scottish Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.5%	16
Electorate: 11,554   Valid:   Quota: 1,575   Turnout: 3,149 (27.5%)

References

1. "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland - Fifth Electoral Reviews - Fife". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
2. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politics/local-elections-latest-results-updated-1-4438002
3. "Fife Council agree to SNP and Labour joint partnership". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
4. https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/kirkcaldy-mp-lesley-laird-resigns-as-councillor-1-4750492/
5. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/tory-candidate-dave-coleman-wins-inverkeithing-and-dalgety-bay-by-election-1-4796354
6. https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/17900524.rosyth-councillor-sam-steele-resigns///
7. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/1033149/prominent-fife-tory-councillor-resigns-amid-claims-party-is-dysfunctional/
8. https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication.pop&pubid=FED77640-CD66-2FEC-6F253CB2090A4B50
9. https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/council-and-democracy/elections2/dunfermline-central-and-rosyth-by-elections
10. https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/council-and-democracy/elections2/dunfermline-central-and-rosyth-by-elections