2022 Fife Council election
Elections to Fife Council will be held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election will use 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 form of proportional representation, with 75 councillors elected.
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Election results
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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 4 May 2017. 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
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Cockburn | |||
| Labour | Graeme Downie | |||
| Alba | William Gavin | |||
| Independent | Martin Keatings | |||
| Green | Craig McCutcheon | |||
| Labour | Jacqueline McKenna | |||
| Scottish Family | Danny Smith | |||
| SNP | Sam Steele | |||
| SNP | Katie Strang | |||
| Conservative | Conner Young | |||
Dunfermline North
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Auxi Barrera | |||
| TUSC | Dave Edler | |||
| Conservative | Gavin Ellis (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Mags Hall | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline McIlwraith | |||
| SNP | Craig McIvor | |||
| Labour | Gordon Pryde | |||
| Scottish Family | Karen Smith | |||
Dunfermline Central
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Aude Boubaker-Calder | |||
| Green | Lewis Campbell | |||
| SNP | Derek Glen (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Garry Haldane (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Jean Hall Muir (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Jim Leishman (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | Malcolm Macaulay | |||
| Scottish Family | Gary Pratt | |||
| Alba | Leanne Tervit | |||
Dunfermline South
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Naz Anis-Miah | |||
| SNP | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Tom Freeman | |||
| Labour | Cara Hilton | |||
| Scottish Family | Paul Lynch | |||
| Labour | Ross Paterson (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | David Ross (incumbent) | |||
| Alba | Rob Thompson | |||
| Independent | Martin Willcocks | |||
Rosyth
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Brian Goodall | |||
| SNP | Andy Jackson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Teresa Little | |||
| Alba | Stephen Lynas | |||
| Scottish Family | Alastair Macintyre | |||
| Green | Fiona McOwan | |||
| Libertarian | George Morton | |||
| Conservative | Grant Thomson | |||
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia (incumbent) | |||
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | David Barratt (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Ryan Blackadder | |||
| Labour | Patrick Browne | |||
| Conservative | Dave Coleman (incumbent) | |||
| Scottish Family | Sarah Davis | |||
| Conservative | Dave Dempsey (incumbent) | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Hawthorne | |||
| SNP | Sarah Neal | |||
Cowdenbeath
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Alie Bain (incumbent) | |||
| Alba | Jacqueline Bijster | |||
| Labour | Alex Campbell (incumbent) | |||
| Scottish Family | Helen Grieg | |||
| Labour | Gary Guichan (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Alyssa Lee | |||
| SNP | Bailey-lee Robb | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Venturi | |||
| Conservative | Darren Watt (incumbent) | |||
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
- 2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Anil Alexander | |||
| Labour | Mary Bain-Lockhart (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Linda Erskine (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Fairgrieve | |||
| SNP | Rosemary Liewald (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Lea McLelland (incumbent) | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Russel McPhate | |||
| Green | Danny Oswald | |||
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Lesley Backhouse (incumbent) | |||
| ISP | Andrew Bentley-Steed | |||
| Scottish Family | Garry Downie | |||
| Alba | Colin Fraser | |||
| Conservative | Kathleen Leslie (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Claire Luxford | |||
| Labour | Julie MacDougall | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne O'Brien | |||
| SNP | Olaf Stando | |||
Kirkcaldy North
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Green | Michael Collie | |||
| Alba | Craig Dempsey | |||
| UKIP | Gerald Haddrell | |||
| Conservative | James Leslie | |||
| SNP | Carol Lindsay (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | David Ross (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Ryan Smart | |||
| SNP | Sally Walsh | |||
Kirkcaldy Central
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Blair Allan | |||
| Labour | Alistair Cameron (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | Graham Duncan | |||
| Labour | Judy Hamilton (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Zoe Hisbent (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Tao Macleod | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Utting | |||
Kirkcaldy East
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh (incumbent) | |||
| Green | David Hansen | |||
| Labour | George Macdonald | |||
| Sovereignty | Walter Neilson | |||
| SNP | Nicola Patrick | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Wink Thompson | |||
| Conservative | Richard Watt (incumbent) | |||
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Altany Craik (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | David Croll | |||
| SNP | Julie Ford (incumbent) | |||
| Independent | Ian Robertson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Smith | |||
| SNP | Craig Walker (incumbent) | |||
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | John Beare (incumbent) | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Frances Bennie | |||
| Scottish Family | George Carratt | |||
| Green | Bryce Goodall | |||
| Conservative | Peter Gulline | |||
| Labour | Afifa Khanam | |||
| SNP | Lynn Mowatt | |||
| Labour | Jan Wincott (incumbent) | |||
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Alba | Jim Bryce | |||
| Conservative | Heather Gulline | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | |||
| Labour | Derek Noble (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Morven Ovenstone-Jones | |||
| Scottish Family | Steve Saunders | |||
| SNP | Ross Vettraino (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Daniel Wilson | |||
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Alba | Jackie Anderson | |||
| Scottish Family | Alan Brown | |||
| Conservative | Andy Heer (incumbent) | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Holt | |||
| Green | Malcolm Jack | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Lothian (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | David MacDiarmid (incumbent) | |||
Tay Bridgehead
- 2017: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Keith Barton | |||
| Independent | Sean Elder | |||
| SNP | Louise Kennedy-Dalby | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Knox | |||
| Green | Colin Palmer | |||
| Alba | Steven Simpson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonny Tepp (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Philip Thompson | |||
St. Andrews
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Al Clark | |||
| Green | Fergus Cook | |||
| Labour | Rosalind Garton | |||
| Conservative | Robin Lawson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Liston (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Ann Verner (incumbent) | |||
East Neuk and Landward
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Corps | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Dillon | |||
| Independent | John Docherty (incumbent) | |||
| SNP | Alycia Hayes | |||
| Independent | Linda Holt (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Stuart Irwin | |||
| Conservative | Debbie MacCallum | |||
| Green | David Stutchfield | |||
Cupar
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Adey | |||
| Scottish Family | Sylvia Brown | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Caffrey | |||
| Labour | Wendy Haynes | |||
| SNP | Stefan Hoggan-Radu | |||
| Green | Robert Hugh-Jones | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Kennedy (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | Tony Miklinski (incumbent) | |||
| Independent | Gordon Pay | |||
Leven, Kennoway and Largo
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eugene Clarke | |||
| Labour | Colin Davidson (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Iain Morrice | |||
| Conservative | Graham Ritchie (incumbent) | |||
| Scottish Family | Davina Saunders | |||
| SNP | Alistair Suttie (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | Jacob Winton | |||
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
- 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Thomas Adams | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Celyn Ashworth | |||
| Alba | Susan Blair | |||
| SNP | Ken Caldwell (incumbent) | |||
| Labour | David Graham (incumbent) | |||
| Conservative | Brian Mills | |||
| SNP | John O'Brien (incumbent) | |||
| Green | Jerome van Leeuwen | |||
References
External links
- "Statement of Persons Nominated in full, without stations, 2022" (PDF). Fife Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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Footnotes
- "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland - Fifth Electoral Reviews - Fife". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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