Cowdenbeath 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 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.
| Cowdenbeath | |
|---|---|
| Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Cowdenbeath shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 71,913 (2019)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Annabelle Ewing |
| Council area | Fife |
The town of Cowdenbeath was formerly part of the Dunfermline East constituency which was abolished in 2011.
The current Member is Annabelle Ewing of the Scottish National Party, elected in 2016, following her defeat of Alex Rowley.
Electoral region
editThe other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
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Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.
The constituency of Cowdenbeath is formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:[2]
- In full:
- In part:
- Rosyth (shared with Dunfermline)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Helen Eadie | Labour | |
| 2014 | Alex Rowley | ||
| 2016 | Annabelle Ewing | SNP | |
Election results
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2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Annabelle Ewing[a] | 16,499 | 48.3 |  2.2 | 15,088 | 44.0 | 0.2 | |
| Labour | Alex Rowley[b] | 10,486 | 30.7 |  5.2 | 8,308 | 24.3 | 5.3 | |
| Conservative | Darren Watt | 4,758 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 5,881 | 17.2 | 1.8 | |
| Scottish Green | Mags Hall | 1,344 | 3.9 | New | 2,212 | 6.5 | 2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Wood | 1,088 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1,229 | 3.6 |  0.0 | |
| Alba | 723 | 2.1 | New | |||||
| All for Unity | 223 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 211 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 84 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Reform UK | 80 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 74 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 58 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| UKIP | 46 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |||||
| Independent | Martin Keatings | 25 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Renew | 10 | 0.0 | New | |||||
| Independent | Mercy Kamanja | 0 | 0.0 | New | ||||
| Majority | 6,013 | 17.6 | 7.4 | |||||
| Valid Votes | 34,175 | 34,252 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 81 | 42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,256 | 60.7 | 6.0 | 34,294 | 60.8 | 6.1 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Annabelle Ewing[b] | 13,715 | 46.1 | 4.5 | 13,050 | 43.8 | 0.9 | |
| Labour | Alex Rowley[c][d] | 10,674 | 35.9 | 10.6 | 8,825 | 29.6 | 9.3 | |
| Conservative | Dave Dempsey | 4,251 | 14.2 | 7.3 | 4,601 | 15.4 | 8.6 | |
| Scottish Green | 1,315 | 4.4 | 2.0 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Jones | 1,094 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 1,087 | 3.6 | 0.1 | |
| UKIP | 631 | 2.0 | 1.0 | |||||
| Solidarity | 149 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |||||
| RISE | 92 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 69 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 3,041 | 10.2 | 5.4 | |||||
| Valid Votes | 29,734 | 29,819 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 123 | 57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,857 | 54.7 | 7.3 | 29,876 | 54.7 | 7.2 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Rowley | 11,192 | 55.8 | 9.3 | |
| SNP | Natalie McGarry | 5,704 | 28.4 | 13.2 | |
| Conservative | Dave Dempsey | 1,893 | 9.4 | 2.4 | |
| UKIP | Denise Baykal | 610 | 3.04 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jade Holden | 425 | 2.1 | 1.8 | |
| The Victims Final Right | Stuart Graham | 187 | 0.93 | New | |
| SDA | James Trolland | 51 | 0.25 | New | |
| Majority | 5,488 | 27.4 | 22.5 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,062 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,083 | 34.8 | 12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Helen Eadie[a] | 11,926 | 46.5 | N/A | 10,003 | 38.9 | N/A | |
| SNP | Ian Chisholm | 10,679 | 41.6 | N/A | 11,030 | 42.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Belinda Don | 1,792 | 7.0 | N/A | 1,752 | 6.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Legg | 997 | 3.9 | N/A | 912 | 3.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | 611 | 2.4 | N/A | |||||
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 434 | 1.7 | N/A | |||||
| Land Party | Mick Heenan | 276 | 1.1 | N/A | ||||
| UKIP | 276 | 1.1 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 247 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 171 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 84 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 81 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Roger | 57 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| CPA | 40 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 26 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 1,247 | 4.9 | N/A | |||||
| Valid Votes | 25,670 | 25,724 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 80 | 81 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,750 | 47.4 | N/A | 25,805 | 47.5 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Cowdenbeath". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Candidates Fife News Online - Facebook
- ^ Seven candidates will fight Cowdenbeath By-election Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine CentralFifeTimes
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
External links
edit- "Cowdenbeath constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.