Local Election Results 2003
Fife
Whole council up for election.
Other results for Fife:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Fife (may be incomplete): 10th June 2004 (Lumphinnans & Lochgelly S.)
— 11th November 2004 (Cupar N.)
— 29th September 2005 (Auchtertool & Burntisland E.)
— 28th September 2006 (Markinch & Woodside E.)
— 20th June 2013 (Glenrothes N., Leslie & Markinch)
— 24th October 2013 (Dunfermline S.)
— 22nd May 2014 (Cowdenbeath; The Lochs)
— 22nd January 2015 (Kirkcaldy E.)
— 26th March 2015 (Glenrothes W. & Kinglassie)
— 7th May 2015 (Dunfermline S.)
— 1st October 2015 (Glenrothes W. & Kinglassie)
— 26th November 2015 (Dunfermline N.; Rosyth)
— 25th August 2016 (The Lochs)
— 15th December 2016 (Leven, Kennoway & Largo)
— 6th September 2018 (Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay)
— 14th November 2019 (Dunfermline C.; Rosyth)
— 28th November 2024 (West Fife & Coastal Villages)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
41738 |
33.2% |
36 |
| Liberal Democrat |
31679 |
25.2% |
23 |
| Scottish National Party |
26107 |
20.8% |
11 |
| Conservative |
12951 |
10.3% |
2 |
| Independent |
11143 |
8.9% |
6 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
1936 |
1.5% |
0 |
| Ronald Edwards |
Lab |
536 |
32.2% |
| Carol Gorton |
SNP |
335 |
20.1% |
| Alexander Spence |
C |
217 |
13.0% |
| Isabella Beveridge |
Ind |
208 |
12.5% |
| David Forder |
LD |
190 |
11.4% |
| Ian Quinney |
Ind |
178 |
10.7% |
| Elizabeth Riches |
LD |
813 |
48.0% |
| Robert Harper |
Ind |
408 |
24.1% |
| Keith Griffiths |
C |
179 |
10.6% |
| James Braid |
Ind |
166 |
9.8% |
| Simon Coote |
Lab |
79 |
4.7% |
| Thomas Jones |
SSP |
50 |
2.9% |
| Fiona Purdon |
Lab |
673 |
45.6% |
| Robert Taylor |
Ind |
663 |
44.9% |
| Colin Martin |
LD |
141 |
9.5% |
| Donald Lothian |
LD |
1122 |
61.0% |
| Murdo Fraser |
C |
390 |
21.2% |
| Margaret McCulloch |
Lab |
166 |
9.0% |
| Carlo Morelli |
SSP |
160 |
8.7% |
| William Leggatt |
Ind |
479 |
29.8% |
| Alan Smart |
Lab |
462 |
28.7% |
| George Kay |
SNP |
400 |
24.8% |
| John Hipwell |
LD |
269 |
16.7% |
| Andrew Brown |
Lab |
683 |
42.2% |
| James Burke |
LD |
558 |
34.5% |
| Grant Carradine |
SNP |
378 |
23.3% |
| William Kay |
Lab |
784 |
52.3% |
| James Slack |
SNP |
427 |
28.5% |
| William Elder |
LD |
154 |
10.3% |
| Brian Mills |
C |
135 |
9.0% |
| William Clarke |
Ind |
1478 |
95.0% |
| Vicky Coull |
LD |
57 |
3.7% |
| David Hicks |
C |
20 |
1.3% |
| George Allan |
Lab |
831 |
55.3% |
| Jacqueline Torrance |
SNP |
377 |
25.1% |
| Douglas Robertson |
C |
159 |
10.6% |
| Fiona Campbell |
LD |
137 |
9.1% |
| Annie McGovern |
Lab |
764 |
42.0% |
| Sandra Daly |
Ind |
733 |
40.3% |
| William Miller |
SNP |
208 |
11.4% |
| Jane Utting |
LD |
116 |
6.4% |
| William Rosiejak |
LD |
919 |
59.0% |
| Frederick Forrester |
Lab |
480 |
30.8% |
| Sheila Emmerson |
C |
159 |
10.2% |
| Andrew Paterson |
Lab |
857 |
62.8% |
| Tracy Cumming |
SNP |
383 |
28.1% |
| Niall Dowds |
LD |
124 |
9.1% |
| Kay Morrison |
Lab |
686 |
48.3% |
| Steven Marwick |
SNP |
466 |
32.8% |
| Douglas Chalmers |
C |
147 |
10.3% |
| David Cole-Hamilton |
LD |
122 |
8.6% |
| Alan Kenney |
Lab |
761 |
43.3% |
| Anne O'Brien |
LD |
555 |
31.6% |
| Stephen Hossack |
SNP |
443 |
25.2% |
| Margot Diog |
Lab |
911 |
64.6% |
| Lewis Gray |
Ind |
253 |
17.9% |
| Margaret Dredge |
LD |
247 |
17.5% |
| Peter Grant |
SNP |
833 |
48.7% |
| Elizabeth Campbell |
Lab |
712 |
41.6% |
| Judith Fryer |
LD |
166 |
9.7% |
| Alexander Maxwell |
Ind |
1191 |
73.3% |
| Thomas Marshall |
Lab |
371 |
22.8% |
| Elizabeth Randall |
C |
34 |
2.1% |
| Sandra MacCabe |
LD |
29 |
1.8% |
| Peter Douglas |
LD |
1037 |
49.9% |
| John Steven |
C |
748 |
36.0% |
| Margaret Russell |
Lab |
177 |
8.5% |
| Lilian Rooney |
SSP |
118 |
5.7% |
| James Simpson |
LD |
1219 |
72.3% |
| Veronica Collins |
Lab |
253 |
15.0% |
| Andrew Lyst |
SNP |
214 |
12.7% |
| Thomas Dair |
Lab |
826 |
53.5% |
| Mary Maxwell |
Ind |
516 |
33.4% |
| Alec Jordan |
C |
109 |
7.1% |
| Keith Smith |
LD |
93 |
6.0% |
| James Connelly |
Lab |
719 |
44.1% |
| Joseph Paterson |
SNP |
610 |
37.4% |
| Duncan McMahon |
Ind |
209 |
12.8% |
| William Gardner |
C |
53 |
3.2% |
| Charles Sanderson |
LD |
40 |
2.5% |
| Susan Clark |
LD |
879 |
55.1% |
| William Bruce |
C |
403 |
25.3% |
| David Stoddart |
Lab |
180 |
11.3% |
| Thomas McAviney |
SSP |
133 |
8.3% |
| Margaret Kennedy |
LD |
1201 |
59.3% |
| Alison Murray |
C |
598 |
29.5% |
| Peter McTiernan |
Lab |
226 |
11.2% |
| Stuart Randall |
C |
843 |
47.4% |
| Margaret McLachlan |
Lab |
433 |
24.4% |
| John Nicol |
SNP |
273 |
15.4% |
| Francis Tollick |
LD |
228 |
12.8% |
| David Arnott |
Lab |
801 |
40.3% |
| Alan Trotter |
C |
522 |
26.3% |
| David Hannah |
SNP |
361 |
18.2% |
| Mary Hipwell |
LD |
302 |
15.2% |
| Ann Watters |
LD |
881 |
56.7% |
| Audrey Steven |
Lab |
352 |
22.7% |
| Annamaria Conner |
SNP |
320 |
20.6% |
| John Cameron |
Lab |
1102 |
70.5% |
| Karen Barnett |
LD |
462 |
29.5% |
| Mike Scott-Hayward |
C |
752 |
43.3% |
| Donald Macgregor |
LD |
721 |
41.5% |
| Kenneth Park |
SNP |
265 |
15.2% |
| Ewen Jardine |
LD |
1104 |
58.5% |
| David Croll |
C |
327 |
17.3% |
| David MacDiarmid |
SNP |
270 |
14.3% |
| Margaret Murdoch |
Lab |
187 |
9.9% |
| James Tolson |
LD |
898 |
50.3% |
| Kevin Nunn |
Lab |
364 |
20.4% |
| Fiona Goodall |
SNP |
307 |
17.2% |
| Robert Beattie |
C |
216 |
12.1% |
| Albert Ritchie |
SNP |
616 |
42.5% |
| Michael Coyne |
Lab |
593 |
40.9% |
| John Barnett |
LD |
240 |
16.6% |
| Alexander Sawers |
Lab |
795 |
54.2% |
| Robert Sherry |
SNP |
407 |
27.7% |
| David Hingston |
LD |
266 |
18.1% |
| John Mackenzie |
Lab |
646 |
49.8% |
| Brian Smith |
SNP |
313 |
24.1% |
| Gordon Pay |
LD |
197 |
15.2% |
| Steve West |
SSP |
142 |
10.9% |
| James Philp |
Lab |
553 |
40.1% |
| John Murphy |
SNP |
414 |
30.0% |
| David Dempsey |
C |
261 |
18.9% |
| Kate Legg |
LD |
152 |
11.0% |
| Alice McGarry |
SNP |
754 |
53.6% |
| Zhivko Gulaboff |
Lab |
389 |
27.6% |
| Valerie Finlay |
C |
145 |
10.3% |
| Bruce Martin |
LD |
120 |
8.5% |
| James Brennan |
Lab |
770 |
49.2% |
| Alistair Bain |
SNP |
335 |
21.4% |
| James Ireland |
Ind |
177 |
11.3% |
| John Penman |
SSP |
173 |
11.0% |
| Florence Sanderson |
LD |
57 |
3.6% |
| Allan Vaughan |
C |
54 |
3.4% |
| Bryan Thacker |
SNP |
743 |
54.2% |
| Vincent Heneghan |
Lab |
490 |
35.8% |
| George Coull |
LD |
73 |
5.3% |
| Stewart Aitchison |
C |
64 |
4.7% |
| Marilyn Whitehead |
LD |
1053 |
61.5% |
| Donald Ellis |
C |
504 |
29.4% |
| Kate Findlay |
Lab |
156 |
9.1% |
| William Ferguson |
Ind |
1192 |
70.1% |
| Timothy Collins |
Lab |
266 |
15.6% |
| Ian Chisholm |
SNP |
185 |
10.9% |
| Jane-Anne Shaw |
LD |
58 |
3.4% |
| Fraser Ballantyne |
Lab |
728 |
43.5% |
| Ernest Conner |
SNP |
487 |
29.1% |
| Gerald Buxton |
C |
244 |
14.6% |
| David Riches |
LD |
214 |
12.8% |
| William Aitken |
Lab |
1230 |
75.6% |
| David Smart |
Ind |
222 |
13.7% |
| Paul Northway |
LD |
96 |
5.9% |
| Keith Smith |
C |
78 |
4.8% |
| John Bell |
LD |
908 |
50.3% |
| Michael Foote |
C |
513 |
28.4% |
| John Ovenstone |
SNP |
282 |
15.6% |
| Rhona White |
Lab |
102 |
5.7% |
| Fiona Grant |
SNP |
1186 |
67.9% |
| Agnes Mowbray |
Lab |
444 |
25.4% |
| Philip Ross |
LD |
117 |
6.7% |
| Eleanor Gunstone |
LD |
992 |
73.9% |
| Norma Davis |
C |
350 |
26.1% |
| Andrew Keddie |
Lab |
849 |
50.1% |
| Steven Gillespie |
SNP |
435 |
25.7% |
| Malcolm North |
C |
246 |
14.5% |
| Peter Lindsay |
LD |
164 |
9.7% |
| Henry Blyth |
Lab |
1087 |
64.9% |
| Alistair Suttie |
SNP |
420 |
25.1% |
| Pauline Downing |
C |
91 |
5.4% |
| John Watson |
LD |
76 |
4.5% |
| Gerald McMullan |
LD |
752 |
38.5% |
| Robert Eadie |
Lab |
734 |
37.5% |
| James Jackson |
SNP |
374 |
19.1% |
| Gerald McLean |
SSP |
95 |
4.9% |
| Robert Rumney |
Lab |
786 |
49.4% |
| Brian Goodall |
SNP |
460 |
28.9% |
| Lesley Burke |
LD |
346 |
21.7% |
| Alice Soper |
LD |
642 |
41.6% |
| John Farmer |
Lab |
578 |
37.5% |
| David MacDonald |
SNP |
322 |
20.9% |
| Grace Gray |
Lab |
634 |
46.2% |
| Ernest McPherson |
Ind |
562 |
40.9% |
| Eileen Gilroy |
SSP |
104 |
7.6% |
| John Wilson |
C |
38 |
2.8% |
| Kathleen McNaughton |
LD |
35 |
2.5% |
| David Rougvie |
Lab |
1074 |
58.2% |
| John Beare |
SNP |
545 |
29.6% |
| Joan Chalmers |
C |
121 |
6.6% |
| Harry Hutton |
LD |
104 |
5.6% |
| Irene Connelly |
Lab |
829 |
60.8% |
| Ronald Donaldson |
SNP |
415 |
30.4% |
| Eric Evans |
LD |
63 |
4.6% |
| Gordon Michie |
C |
57 |
4.2% |
| Agnes Smith |
Lab |
1013 |
68.7% |
| Peter McCulloch |
SNP |
378 |
25.6% |
| Elaine Clunie |
LD |
83 |
5.6% |
| Andrew Arbuckle |
LD |
1098 |
54.9% |
| Patricia Dalrymple |
C |
409 |
20.5% |
| Robert Ross |
Ind |
309 |
15.5% |
| Janet Bishop |
Lab |
90 |
4.5% |
| Colin Cameron |
SSP |
70 |
3.5% |
| Alexandra Oon |
Ind |
23 |
1.2% |
| Catherine Latto |
Lab |
598 |
49.0% |
| Marion Boyle |
SNP |
423 |
34.6% |
| Valerie Brown |
C |
107 |
8.8% |
| Sandra Reid |
LD |
93 |
7.6% |
| Timothy Brett |
LD |
1036 |
51.9% |
| Ronald Caird |
C |
616 |
30.9% |
| James Finlayson |
SNP |
344 |
17.2% |
| John Simpson |
Lab |
889 |
57.9% |
| Ann Bain |
SNP |
348 |
22.7% |
| Linda Graham |
SSP |
134 |
8.7% |
| William Graham |
C |
108 |
7.0% |
| Stephen Rottger |
LD |
57 |
3.7% |
| Theresa Gunn |
Lab |
721 |
48.3% |
| Brian Clark |
SNP |
489 |
32.7% |
| William Mackay |
LD |
284 |
19.0% |
| Antony Martin |
LD |
1231 |
68.9% |
| William Sullivan |
Lab |
358 |
20.0% |
| Dennis Halligan |
C |
197 |
11.0% |
| Michael Woods |
SNP |
1164 |
73.2% |
| Kenneth Selbie |
Lab |
325 |
20.4% |
| Paula Martin |
LD |
102 |
6.4% |
| David Torrance |
SNP |
656 |
39.8% |
| Judith Hamilton |
Lab |
474 |
28.7% |
| Maureen McLauchlan |
C |
269 |
16.3% |
| David Muncey |
LD |
251 |
15.2% |
| Gordon Duff |
Lab |
750 |
49.2% |
| William Dunn |
SNP |
413 |
27.1% |
| John Urquhart |
LD |
171 |
11.2% |
| Iris Vaughan |
C |
99 |
6.5% |
| Andrew Jackson |
SSP |
92 |
6.0% |
| Patrick Callaghan |
Lab |
662 |
43.8% |
| Douglas Chapman |
SNP |
652 |
43.1% |
| William O'Brien |
LD |
198 |
13.1% |
| William Sangster |
LD |
532 |
52.6% |
| William Brooks |
C |
377 |
37.3% |
| Kevin Tierney |
SSP |
103 |
10.2% |
| Sheila Hill |
LD |
996 |
55.0% |
| David King |
C |
556 |
30.7% |
| John Docherty |
SNP |
260 |
14.3% |
| Jane Liston |
LD |
646 |
43.9% |
| Keith Neilson |
C |
426 |
29.0% |
| Penelope Smith |
SNP |
189 |
12.9% |
| Joseph Peterson |
Lab |
137 |
9.3% |
| David Watt |
SSP |
72 |
4.9% |
| George Leslie |
SNP |
716 |
54.3% |
| Charles Haffey |
Lab |
528 |
40.0% |
| Katherine Horner |
LD |
75 |
5.7% |
| Alfred Patey |
SNP |
874 |
56.9% |
| Anthony Groundwater |
Lab |
488 |
31.8% |
| Ian Brown |
C |
90 |
5.9% |
| William Reid |
LD |
85 |
5.5% |
| Frances Melville |
LD |
884 |
66.2% |
| Dorothea Morrison |
C |
452 |
33.8% |
| Margaret Taylor |
LD |
1212 |
63.0% |
| Kris Murray Browne |
SNP |
299 |
15.5% |
| Belinda Weir |
C |
250 |
13.0% |
| Keith White |
SSP |
162 |
8.4% |
| Alexander Thomson |
Lab |
679 |
56.0% |
| Richard Todd |
SNP |
343 |
28.3% |
| Louise McLeary |
SSP |
104 |
8.6% |
| Lucy Portchmouth |
LD |
86 |
7.1% |
| William Brand |
Lab |
752 |
60.0% |
| William Symington |
SNP |
304 |
24.3% |
| Maureen Closs |
SSP |
102 |
8.1% |
| Douglas Dredge |
LD |
95 |
7.6% |
| David Cunningham |
SNP |
745 |
44.5% |
| James Young |
Lab |
627 |
37.4% |
| James Balfour |
SSP |
122 |
7.3% |
| Theresa Reed |
C |
101 |
6.0% |
| Jane Kerr |
LD |
80 |
4.8% |
| George Wood |
Ind |
745 |
41.8% |
| Helen Law |
Lab |
638 |
35.8% |
| James Norris |
SNP |
252 |
14.1% |
| Wink Thompson |
LD |
147 |
8.2% |
| Drew Edward |
Lab |
796 |
50.2% |
| Alastair Stewart |
SNP |
435 |
27.4% |
| Sheila Mackay |
LD |
356 |
22.4% |
| Andrew Rodger |
Ind |
1431 |
71.9% |
| Thomas Adams |
Lab |
487 |
24.5% |
| Lois Lothian |
LD |
72 |
3.6% |
| David Alexander |
SNP |
964 |
56.0% |
| Marjory Groundwater |
Lab |
514 |
29.9% |
| Brian Murray |
LD |
126 |
7.3% |
| Robert Heer |
C |
117 |
6.8% |
| Robert Young |
Lab |
1103 |
70.1% |
| Willie Hewat |
SNP |
296 |
18.8% |
| Russel McPhate |
LD |
174 |
11.1% |
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