Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Central Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Central Fife
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Fife
1974 (1974)–2005
Replaced by	Glenrothes North East Fife

Central Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency, with a small portion joining the expanded North East Fife.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Burghs of Cowdenbeath, Leslie, Lochgelly, and Markinch; the Districts of Glenrothes and Lochgelly; and the District of Kirkcaldy electoral divisions of Markinch North and Markinch South.

1983-1997: The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of Denbeath/Aberhill; Mountfleurie/Methilhill/Methil North; Leven; Kennoway/Windygates; Leslie/Markinch Star; Auchmuty/Woodside; Pitteuchar/Stenton/Balgonie; South Parks/Rimbleton; and Southwood/Caskieberran.

1997-2005: The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of Methil, Denbeath and Muiredge; Methilhill and Mountfleurie; Leven; Kennoway and Windygates; Markinch, Pitcoudie and Star; Auchmuty, Woodside and Coaltown of Balgonie; Pitleuchar and Stenton; Rimbleton and South Parks; Glenwood and Newcastle; and Leslie and Collydean.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	February 1974	Willie Hamilton	Labour
	1987	Henry McLeish	Labour
	2001	John MacDougall	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections of the 1970s

General Election February 1974: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Hamilton	24,418	53.3	N/A
	SNP	D. V. Livingstone	10,324	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	S. R. Eyres	9,098	19.8	N/A
	Communist	Alex Maxwell	2,019	4.4	N/A
Majority			14,094	30.7	N/A
Turnout			45,859	79.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election October 1974: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Hamilton	22,400	51.9
	SNP	D. V. Livingstone	14,414	33.4
	Conservative	P. Clarke	5,308	12.3
	Communist	Alex Maxwell	1,040	2.4
Majority			7,986	18.5
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Hamilton	27,619	58.0
	Conservative	I. A. McCrone	9,597	20.2
	SNP	J. Lynch	9,208	19.4
	Communist	Alex Maxwell	1,172	2.5
Majority			18,022	37.9
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Hamilton	17,008	43.1
	Liberal	Mrs. Teresa Martin Little	9,214	23.4	N/A
	Conservative	D.C. Mason	8,863	22.5
	SNP	J.H. Taggart	4,039	10.2
	Ecology	D.A. Allison	297	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,794	19.8
Turnout			39,421	72.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	22,827	53.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Richard Erskine Aird	7,118	16.7	−5.8
	Liberal	Mrs. Teresa Martin Little	6,487	15.2	−8.2
	SNP	Dan Hood	6,296	14.7	+4.5
Majority			15,709	36.8	+17.0
Turnout			42,728	72.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	21,036	50.4	−3.0
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	10,458	25.1	+10.3
	Conservative	Mrs. Carol E. Cender	7,353	17.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Craig T.A. Harrow	2,892	6.9	−8.3
Majority			10,578	25.3	−11.4
Turnout			41,739	74.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1997: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McLeish	23,912	58.7	+7.9
	SNP	Tricia Marwick	10,199	25.0	+0.1
	Conservative	Jacob Rees-Mogg	3,669	9.0	−8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Laird	2,610	6.4	−0.5
	Referendum	John F. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	375	0.9	N/A
Majority			13,713	33.6	+8.3
Turnout			40,765	69.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Central Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William MacDougall	18,310	56.3	−2.3
	SNP	David John Hogg Alexander	8,235	25.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Elizabeth Riches	2,775	8.5	+2.1
	Conservative	Jeremy Ross Balfour	2,351	7.2	−1.8
	Scottish Socialist	Ms. Morag Anne Balfour	841	2.6	N/A
Majority			10,075	31.0
Turnout			32,512	54.6	−15.3
	Labour hold		Swing