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Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Fiona Grant
(SNP)
John Beare
(SNP)
William Kay
(Labour)
William Morrison
(Labour)
2012
2013 John Wincott
(Labour)
2017 Jan Wincott
(Labour)
Michael Green
(Conservative)
2022 Lynn Mowatt
(SNP)
Peter Gulline
(Conservative)

Election Results

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2022 Election

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2022 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP John Beare (incumbent) 27.7% 1,730              
Conservative Peter Gulline 18.6% 1,161 1,166 1,168.4 1,198.3 1,203.9 1,296.8    
SNP Lynn Mowatt 16.9% 1,059 1,433.4            
Labour Jan Wincott (incumbent) 15% 940 951.9 973 984.4 1,026.1 1,106.3 1,118.3 1,853.3
Labour Afifa Khanam 11.4% 714 727 737.1 747.5 806.1 906.9 917  
Liberal Democrats Frances Bennie 5.1% 318 329.3 338.4 351.2 422      
Scottish Green Bryce Goodall 3.6% 224 256.6 320.2 342.4        
Scottish Family George Carratt 1.7% 109 112.6 117.8          
Electorate: 14,432   Valid: 6,255   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,252   Turnout: 44.1%  

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2017 Election

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2017 Fife Council election

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
BUP 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%)  

2013 By-election

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A by-election was called after William Kay died.

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch by-election (20 June 2013) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour John Wincott 45.8 1,896 1,927 1,966 2,095
SNP Keith Grieve 41.3 1,711 1,724 1,761 1,814
Conservative Allan David Stewart Smith 6.6 272 287 335  
UKIP Peter Taggerty 4.3 176 184    
Liberal Democrats Harry Wills 2.0 83      
Electorate: 14,252   Valid: 4,138   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 2,070   Turnout: 4,163 (29.21%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour William Kay (incumbent) 01 23.48 1,253            
SNP Fiona Grant (incumbent) 22.35 1,193            
SNP John Beare (incumbent) 17.73 946 949.8 1,021.6 1,024 1,031.2 1,060.5 1,106.7
Labour Kay Morrison (incumbent) 17.43 930 1,090.8          
SNP Steven Marwick 7.44 397 399.1 430.9 432.1 437.5 465.3 496.2
Conservative Allan David Stewart Smith 5.81 310 312.8 315.5 316.8 344.8 411.8  
Scottish Senior Citizens Jim Parker 4.23 226 231.6 238 243 265.8    
Liberal Democrats Michael Steel 1.54 82 83.9 84.9 86.5      
Electorate: 14,278   Valid: 5,337   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 5,394 (37.38%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Fife Council election

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Fiona Grant 1,807 26.8 1 1
SNP John Beare 1,613 23.9 2 1
Labour William Kay 1,354 20.0 3 2
Labour Kay Morrison 787 11.7 4 8
Conservative David Mole 504 7.5
Liberal Democrats Harry Wills 411 6.1
Independent Alex Lawson 164 2.4
Scottish Socialist Morag Balfour 114 1.7
UKIP Paul Smith 90 1.3

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.