Leven, Kennoway and Largo (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Leven, Kennoway and Largo is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Alexander (SNP) |
Alistair Hunter (SNP) |
Charles Haffey (Labour) |
Marilyn Whitehead (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Tom Adams (Labour) | |||||||
| 2016 | Alistair Suttie (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Colin Davidson (Labour) |
Graham Richie (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Eugene Clarke (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 31.7% | 2,077 | |||
| Labour | Colin Davidson (incumbent) | 20.6% | 1,348 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eugene Clarke | 19.3% | 1,268 | 1,307.8 | 1,312.5 | |
| SNP | Alistair Suttie (incumbent) | 10.8% | 707 | 1,323.2 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Ritchie (incumbent) | 10.4% | 683 | 686.7 | 688.5 | |
| Labour | Jacob Winton | 4.1% | 271 | 287.2 | 310.9 | |
| Scottish Green | Iain Morrice | 2.4% | 156 | 199.5 | 200.3 | |
| Scottish Family | Davina Saunders | 0.7% | 49 | 52.7 | 53 | |
| Electorate: 15,245 Valid: 6,559 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,312 Turnout: 43.9% | ||||||
2017 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 23.6 | 1,506 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Graham Ritchie | 21.02 | 1,339 | ||||||||
| SNP | Alistair Suttie (incumbent) | 15.7 | 1,002 | 1,194.9 | 1,196.2 | 1,204.9 | 1,256.9 | 1,348.9 | |||
| Labour | Colin Davidson | 13.9 | 885 | 892.9 | 900.7 | 902.6 | 913.5 | 1,109.7 | 1,124.09 | 1,972.9 | |
| Labour | Tom Adams (incumbent) | 13.7 | 872 | 879.09 | 883.7 | 886.9 | 901.2 | 988.6 | 1,001.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Wood | 9.8 | 625 | 628.2 | 652.9 | 656.3 | 687.6 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Iain Morrice | 1.8 | 115 | 122.09 | 124.3 | 127.6 | |||||
| Solidarity | Craig Duncan | 0.39 | 25 | 27.5 | 28.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,841 Valid: 6,369 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,274 Turnout: 6,491 (43.7%) | |||||||||||
2016 By-election
[edit]A by election was called after Alistair Hunter resigned his seat ahead of his emigration to Australia.[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Alistair Suttie | 36.95% | 1,501 | 1,532 | 1,615 | 1,668 | 2,214 | |
| Labour | Colin Davidson | 28.43% | 1,155 | 1,169 | 1,302 | 1,620 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Ritchie | 18.51% | 752 | 754 | 954 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Wood | 14.28% | 580 | 590 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Iain Morrice | 1.82% | 74 | |||||
| Valid: 4,062 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 2,032 Turnout: 4,090 (27.6%) | ||||||||
2012 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 23.40 | 1,383 | ||||||||
| Labour | Charles Haffey (incumbent) | 19.08 | 1,128 | 1,136.5 | 1,150.5 | 1,170.7 | 1,254.1 | ||||
| Labour | Tom Adams | 16.21 | 958 | 963.6 | 967.2 | 990.4 | 1,056.1 | 1,115.3 | 1,123.3 | 1,287.7 | |
| SNP | Alistair Hunter (incumbent) †13 | 12.59 | 744 | 856.9 | 1,149.1 | 1,177.3 | 1,239.7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Trotter | 9.96 | 589 | 592.3 | 602.5 | 747 | 843.6 | 846.1 | 851.8 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Joe Cochrane | 6.92 | 409 | 417.9 | 427.1 | 503.8 | |||||
| Conservative | Dave Mole | 6.80 | 402 | 404.3 | 407.3 | ||||||
| SNP | Alistair Suttie | 5.04 | 298 | 347.7 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,903 Valid: 5,911 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 6,006 (40.30%) | |||||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | David Alexander | 2,164 | 29.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Charles Haffey | 1,676 | 22.9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Whitehead | 1,118 | 15.3 | 4 | 5 | |
| SNP | Alistair Hunter | 880 | 12.0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Bill Brooks | 799 | 10.9 | |||
| Labour | Vincent Heneghan | 578 | 7.9 | |||
| UKIP | Rab Hutchison | 89 | 1.4 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Resignation sparks Levenmouth by election".
- ^ "Leven, Kennoway and Largo by-election, 2016". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.