Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (ward)

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay 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 Alice McGarry
(SNP)		 Bob Eadie
(Labour)		 Dave Dempsey
(Conservative)		 Dave Herbert
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Lesley Laird
(Labour)		 Gavin Yates
(Labour)
2017 David John Barratt
(SNP)
2018 Dave Coleman
(Conservative)

Election Results

2018 By-election

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.[2] A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman.[3]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay By-election (6 September 2018)[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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      
Green Mags Hall 4.2% 257 257 258        
Independent Alastair Amundsen MacIntyre 0.6% 40 41          
Libertarian Calum Paul 0.2% 13            
Electorate: 14,484   Valid: 6,191   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 3,096   Turnout: 6,239 (43.1%)

    2017 Election

    2017 Fife Council election

    Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    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    
    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%)

      2012 Election

      2012 Fife Council election

      Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      SNP Alice McGarry (incumbent) 25.56 1,377          
      Labour Lesley Laird 17.82 960 978.7 991.1 1,060.5 1,061.6 1,197.8
      Labour Gavin Yates 16.28 877 888.7 899.2 1,025.2 1,026.3 1,241.3
      Conservative Dave Dempsey (incumbent) 15.44 832 843.1 930.7 1,085.2    
      SNP Helen Todd 12.29 662 891.5 918.6 1,000.8 1,001.8  
      Liberal Democrats Dave Walker * 9.23 497 506.3 522.6      
      UKIP Mike Arthur 3.38 182 185.5        
      Electorate: 13,311   Valid: 5,387   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,078   Turnout: 5,441 (40.47%)

        2007 Election

        2007 Fife Council election

        Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Alice McGarry 2,172 29.5 1 1
        Labour Bob Eadie 1,510 20.5 2 1
        Liberal Democrats Dave Herbert 1,337 18.1 3 2
        Conservative Dave Dempsey 1,291 17.5 4 4
        Labour Jim Philp 512 6.9
        Green Ian Sinclair 349 4.7
        UKIP Chris Ashton 137 1.9
        Scottish Socialist David Noble 60 0.8

        References
        1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
        2. "Kirkcaldy MP Lesley Laird resigns as councillor". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
        3. "Tory candidate Dave Coleman wins Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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