North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

North East Fife
North East Fife
County constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	75,226 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP	Willie Rennie
Council area	Fife

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is additionally one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie^[a]	22,163	55.1	11.2	11,728	29.1	2.5
	SNP	Rhuaraidh Fleming	14,715	36.6	2.9	12,484	30.9	0.9
	Conservative	Rhona Metcalfe	2,323	5.8	10.8	8,108	20.1	4.1
	Scottish Green					4,068	10.1	2.3
	Labour	Wendy Hayes	1,056	2.6	3.3	2,425	6.0	1.1
	Alba					585	1.4	New
	All for Unity					303	0.8	New
	Scottish Family					214	0.5	New
	Scottish Libertarian					111	0.3	0.1
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					110	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					73	0.2	New
	Reform UK					71	0.2	New
	UKIP					35	0.1	1.5
	Independent	Martin Keatings				32	0.1	New
	Renew					11	0.0	New
	Independent	Mercy Kamanja				5	0.0	New
Majority			7,448	18.5	8.4
Valid Votes			40,257			40,363
Invalid Votes			159			53
Turnout			40,416	68.9	5.7	40,416	68.9	5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing		7.1
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie^[a]	14,928	43.8	15.4	9,054	26.5	9.3
	SNP	Roderick Campbell^[b]	11,463	33.7	3.5	10,860	31.8	7.5
	Conservative	Huw Bell	5,646	16.6	2.3	8,260	24.2	5.7
	Scottish Green					2,665	7.8	0.5
	Labour	Rosalind Garton	2,026	5.9	6.3	2,427	7.1	4.7
	UKIP					553	1.6	1.3
	Scottish Libertarian					139	0.4	New
	RISE					102	0.3	New
	Solidarity					71	0.2	0.1
Majority			3,465	10.1	N/A
Valid Votes			34,063			34,131
Invalid Votes			101			48
Turnout			34,164	63.2	12.5	34,179	63.2	12.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP		Swing		8.4
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency Incumbent member for this constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	11,029	37.2	N/A	11,699	39.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith^[a]	8,437	28.4	N/A	5,120	17.2	N/A
	Conservative	Miles Briggs	5,618	18.9	N/A	5,507	18.5	N/A
	Labour	Colin Davidson	3,613	12.2	N/A	3,503	11.8	N/A
	Scottish Green					2,188	7.4	N/A
	UKIP	Mike Scott-Hayward	979	3.3	N/A	565	1.9	N/A
	Scottish Senior Citizens					487	1.6	N/A
	BNP					166	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Roger				133	0.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour					83	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					127	0.4	N/A
	CPA					85	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Christian					63	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					23	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,592	8.8	N/A
Valid Votes			29,676			29,749
Invalid Votes			156			112
Turnout			29,835	50.7	N/A	29,861	50.7	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,307	42.2	−3.8
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,291	26.3	−2.5
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	6,735	21.4	+8.9
	Labour	Kenny Young	2,557	8.1	+0.1
	Independent	Tony Campbell	662	2.1	New
Majority			5,016	15.9	−1.3
Turnout			31,552	51.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,479	46.0	+7.2
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,424	28.8	+5.1
	SNP	Capre Ross-Williams	3,660	12.5	−6.2
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	2,353	8.0	−6.4
	Scottish Socialist	Carlo Morelli	1,366	4.7	New
Majority			5,055	17.2	+3.1
Turnout			29,282	49.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.5

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