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Local Election Results 2003

Fife

Whole council up for election.

Other results for Fife: 2007 2012 2017
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)

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Consolidated results — Fife 2003

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

Aberdour and Burntisland West

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%

Anstruther and East Neuk Landward

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%

Auchmuty and Woodside West

Fiona Purdon Lab 673 45.6%
Robert Taylor Ind 663 44.9%
Colin Martin LD 141 9.5%

Auchtermuchty and Ladybank

Donald Lothian LD 1122 61.0%
Murdo Fraser C 390 21.2%
Margaret McCulloch Lab 166 9.0%
Carlo Morelli SSP 160 8.7%

Auchtertool and Burntisland East

William Leggatt Ind 479 29.8%
Alan Smart Lab 462 28.7%
George Kay SNP 400 24.8%
John Hipwell LD 269 16.7%

Baldridgeburn

Andrew Brown Lab 683 42.2%
James Burke LD 558 34.5%
Grant Carradine SNP 378 23.3%

Balgeddie and Collydean

William Kay Lab 784 52.3%
James Slack SNP 427 28.5%
William Elder LD 154 10.3%
Brian Mills C 135 9.0%

Ballingry and Lochore

William Clarke Ind 1478 95.0%
Vicky Coull LD 57 3.7%
David Hicks C 20 1.3%

Bennochy and Valley

George Allan Lab 831 55.3%
Jacqueline Torrance SNP 377 25.1%
Douglas Robertson C 159 10.6%
Fiona Campbell LD 137 9.1%

Blairhall, High Valleyfield and Torryburn

Annie McGovern Lab 764 42.0%
Sandra Daly Ind 733 40.3%
William Miller SNP 208 11.4%
Jane Utting LD 116 6.4%

Brucefield and Nethertown

William Rosiejak LD 919 59.0%
Frederick Forrester Lab 480 30.8%
Sheila Emmerson C 159 10.2%

Buckhaven and Denbeath

Andrew Paterson Lab 857 62.8%
Tracy Cumming SNP 383 28.1%
Niall Dowds LD 124 9.1%

Cadham, Pitcoudie and Balfarg

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%

Cairneyhill, Carnock and Milesmark

Alan Kenney Lab 761 43.3%
Anne O'Brien LD 555 31.6%
Stephen Hossack SNP 443 25.2%

Cardenden, Cluny and Chapel

Margot Diog Lab 911 64.6%
Lewis Gray Ind 253 17.9%
Margaret Dredge LD 247 17.5%

Caskieberran and Rimbleton

Peter Grant SNP 833 48.7%
Elizabeth Campbell Lab 712 41.6%
Judith Fryer LD 166 9.7%

Cowdenbeath Central

Alexander Maxwell Ind 1191 73.3%
Thomas Marshall Lab 371 22.8%
Elizabeth Randall C 34 2.1%
Sandra MacCabe LD 29 1.8%

Crail, Cameron and Kemback

Peter Douglas LD 1037 49.9%
John Steven C 748 36.0%
Margaret Russell Lab 177 8.5%
Lilian Rooney SSP 118 5.7%

Crossford and Dunfermline Central

James Simpson LD 1219 72.3%
Veronica Collins Lab 253 15.0%
Andrew Lyst SNP 214 12.7%

Crossgates and Mossside

Thomas Dair Lab 826 53.5%
Mary Maxwell Ind 516 33.4%
Alec Jordan C 109 7.1%
Keith Smith LD 93 6.0%

Crosshill and Lochgelly North

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%

Cupar North

Susan Clark LD 879 55.1%
William Bruce C 403 25.3%
David Stoddart Lab 180 11.3%
Thomas McAviney SSP 133 8.3%

Cupar South

Margaret Kennedy LD 1201 59.3%
Alison Murray C 598 29.5%
Peter McTiernan Lab 226 11.2%

Dalgety Bay East

Stuart Randall C 843 47.4%
Margaret McLachlan Lab 433 24.4%
John Nicol SNP 273 15.4%
Francis Tollick LD 228 12.8%

Dalgety Bay West and Hillend

David Arnott Lab 801 40.3%
Alan Trotter C 522 26.3%
David Hannah SNP 361 18.2%
Mary Hipwell LD 302 15.2%

Dunnikier

Ann Watters LD 881 56.7%
Audrey Steven Lab 352 22.7%
Annamaria Conner SNP 320 20.6%

Dysart and Gallatown

John Cameron Lab 1102 70.5%
Karen Barnett LD 462 29.5%

Elie, St Monans and Pittenweem

Mike Scott-Hayward C 752 43.3%
Donald Macgregor LD 721 41.5%
Kenneth Park SNP 265 15.2%

Falkland, Freuchie and Strathmiglo

Ewen Jardine LD 1104 58.5%
David Croll C 327 17.3%
David MacDiarmid SNP 270 14.3%
Margaret Murdoch Lab 187 9.9%

Garvock and Carnegie

James Tolson LD 898 50.3%
Kevin Nunn Lab 364 20.4%
Fiona Goodall SNP 307 17.2%
Robert Beattie C 216 12.1%

Glebe Park, Pathhead and Sinclairtown

Albert Ritchie SNP 616 42.5%
Michael Coyne Lab 593 40.9%
John Barnett LD 240 16.6%

Halbeath, Hill of Beath and Kingseat

Alexander Sawers Lab 795 54.2%
Robert Sherry SNP 407 27.7%
David Hingston LD 266 18.1%

Hayfield and Balsusney

John Mackenzie Lab 646 49.8%
Brian Smith SNP 313 24.1%
Gordon Pay LD 197 15.2%
Steve West SSP 142 10.9%

Inverkeithing East and North Queensferry

James Philp Lab 553 40.1%
John Murphy SNP 414 30.0%
David Dempsey C 261 18.9%
Kate Legg LD 152 11.0%

Inverkeithing West and Rosyth South

Alice McGarry SNP 754 53.6%
Zhivko Gulaboff Lab 389 27.6%
Valerie Finlay C 145 10.3%
Bruce Martin LD 120 8.5%

Kelty

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%

Kennoway

Bryan Thacker SNP 743 54.2%
Vincent Heneghan Lab 490 35.8%
George Coull LD 73 5.3%
Stewart Aitchison C 64 4.7%

Kettle, Springfield and Ceres

Marilyn Whitehead LD 1053 61.5%
Donald Ellis C 504 29.4%
Kate Findlay Lab 156 9.1%

Kincardine, Culross and Low Valleyfield

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%

Kinghorn and Invertiel

Fraser Ballantyne Lab 728 43.5%
Ernest Conner SNP 487 29.1%
Gerald Buxton C 244 14.6%
David Riches LD 214 12.8%

Kinglassie, Bowhill and Dundonald

William Aitken Lab 1230 75.6%
David Smart Ind 222 13.7%
Paul Northway LD 96 5.9%
Keith Smith C 78 4.8%

Largo

John Bell LD 908 50.3%
Michael Foote C 513 28.4%
John Ovenstone SNP 282 15.6%
Rhona White Lab 102 5.7%

Leslie and Whinnyknowe

Fiona Grant SNP 1186 67.9%
Agnes Mowbray Lab 444 25.4%
Philip Ross LD 117 6.7%

Leuchars, Balmullo and Guardbridge

Eleanor Gunstone LD 992 73.9%
Norma Davis C 350 26.1%

Leven East

Andrew Keddie Lab 849 50.1%
Steven Gillespie SNP 435 25.7%
Malcolm North C 246 14.5%
Peter Lindsay LD 164 9.7%

Leven West and Kirkland

Henry Blyth Lab 1087 64.9%
Alistair Suttie SNP 420 25.1%
Pauline Downing C 91 5.4%
John Watson LD 76 4.5%

Limekilns and Pitreavie

Gerald McMullan LD 752 38.5%
Robert Eadie Lab 734 37.5%
James Jackson SNP 374 19.1%
Gerald McLean SSP 95 4.9%

Linburn

Robert Rumney Lab 786 49.4%
Brian Goodall SNP 460 28.9%
Lesley Burke LD 346 21.7%

Linktown and Kirkcaldy Central

Alice Soper LD 642 41.6%
John Farmer Lab 578 37.5%
David MacDonald SNP 322 20.9%

Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South

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%

Markinch and Woodside East

David Rougvie Lab 1074 58.2%
John Beare SNP 545 29.6%
Joan Chalmers C 121 6.6%
Harry Hutton LD 104 5.6%

Methil

Irene Connelly Lab 829 60.8%
Ronald Donaldson SNP 415 30.4%
Eric Evans LD 63 4.6%
Gordon Michie C 57 4.2%

Methilhill

Agnes Smith Lab 1013 68.7%
Peter McCulloch SNP 378 25.6%
Elaine Clunie LD 83 5.6%

Newburgh and Tay Coast

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%

Newcastle and Tanshall

Catherine Latto Lab 598 49.0%
Marion Boyle SNP 423 34.6%
Valerie Brown C 107 8.8%
Sandra Reid LD 93 7.6%

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

Timothy Brett LD 1036 51.9%
Ronald Caird C 616 30.9%
James Finlayson SNP 344 17.2%

Oakfield and Cowdenbeath North

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%

Oakley, Saline and Steelend

Theresa Gunn Lab 721 48.3%
Brian Clark SNP 489 32.7%
William Mackay LD 284 19.0%

Pitcorthie

Antony Martin LD 1231 68.9%
William Sullivan Lab 358 20.0%
Dennis Halligan C 197 11.0%

Pitteuchar and Finglassie North

Michael Woods SNP 1164 73.2%
Kenneth Selbie Lab 325 20.4%
Paula Martin LD 102 6.4%

Raith and Longbraes

David Torrance SNP 656 39.8%
Judith Hamilton Lab 474 28.7%
Maureen McLauchlan C 269 16.3%
David Muncey LD 251 15.2%

Rosyth East

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%

Rosyth West

Patrick Callaghan Lab 662 43.8%
Douglas Chapman SNP 652 43.1%
William O'Brien LD 198 13.1%

St Andrews Central

William Sangster LD 532 52.6%
William Brooks C 377 37.3%
Kevin Tierney SSP 103 10.2%

St Andrews South

Sheila Hill LD 996 55.0%
David King C 556 30.7%
John Docherty SNP 260 14.3%

St Andrews South East

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%

Smeaton and Overton

George Leslie SNP 716 54.3%
Charles Haffey Lab 528 40.0%
Katherine Horner LD 75 5.7%

South Parks and Macedonia

Alfred Patey SNP 874 56.9%
Anthony Groundwater Lab 488 31.8%
Ian Brown C 90 5.9%
William Reid LD 85 5.5%

Strathkinness and St Andrews West

Frances Melville LD 884 66.2%
Dorothea Morrison C 452 33.8%

Tayport and Motray

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%

Templehall East

Alexander Thomson Lab 679 56.0%
Richard Todd SNP 343 28.3%
Louise McLeary SSP 104 8.6%
Lucy Portchmouth LD 86 7.1%

Templehall West

William Brand Lab 752 60.0%
William Symington SNP 304 24.3%
Maureen Closs SSP 102 8.1%
Douglas Dredge LD 95 7.6%

Thornton,Stenton and Finglassie South

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%

Townhill and Bellyeoman

George Wood Ind 745 41.8%
Helen Law Lab 638 35.8%
James Norris SNP 252 14.1%
Wink Thompson LD 147 8.2%

Wellwood and Headwell

Drew Edward Lab 796 50.2%
Alastair Stewart SNP 435 27.4%
Sheila Mackay LD 356 22.4%

Wemyss and Muiredge

Andrew Rodger Ind 1431 71.9%
Thomas Adams Lab 487 24.5%
Lois Lothian LD 72 3.6%

Windygates, Star and Balgonie

David Alexander SNP 964 56.0%
Marjory Groundwater Lab 514 29.9%
Brian Murray LD 126 7.3%
Robert Heer C 117 6.8%

Woodmill

Robert Young Lab 1103 70.1%
Willie Hewat SNP 296 18.8%
Russel McPhate LD 174 11.1%

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