Elections to
Fife Council
Fife Council is the local authority for the Fife area of Scotland and is the third largest Scottish council, with 75 elected council members.
Councillors are generally elected every five years. At the 2012 election there were 78 councillors ele ...
took place on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other
Scottish local government
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elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
. The election will use the 22
wards
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Division or unit
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created as a result of the Local Government Commission for Scotland's 5th review which was published in September 2016, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the
single transferable vote
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system form of
proportional representation
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, with 75 councillors elected.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
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Cllrs
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Lab
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Others
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West Fife and Coastal Villages
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Dunfermline North
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Dunfermline Central
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Dunfermline South
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Rosyth
Rosyth ( gd, Ros Fhìobh, "headland of Fife") is a town on the Firth of Forth, south of the centre of Dunfermline. According to the census of 2011, the town has a population of 13,440.
The new town was founded as a Garden city-style suburb ...
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Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
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Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...
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Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
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Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
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Kirkcaldy North
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Kirkcaldy Central
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Kirkcaldy East
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Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
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Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
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Glenrothes Central and Thornton
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Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
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Tay Bridgehead
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St Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ...
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East Neuk and Landward
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Cupar
Cupar ( ; gd, Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fif ...
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Leven, Kennoway and Largo
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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
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Ward results
West Fife and Coastal Villages
*2017: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
Dunfermline North
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
*2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon;
*2017-2022 Change: No change
Dunfermline Central
*2017: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
Dunfermline South
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
Rosyth
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
Cowdenbeath
*2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
*2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
Kirkcaldy North
*2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
Kirkcaldy Central
*2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
Kirkcaldy East
*2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
*2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
*2022: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
*2017-2022 Change: -1 Con; +1 Lib Dem
Tay Bridgehead
*2017: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
St. Andrews
*2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
*2022: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
*2017-2022 Change: +1 Lib Dem; -1 Lab
East Neuk and Landward
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
*2022: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
*2017-2022 Change: -1 Con; +1 Lib Dem
Cupar
*2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
*2022: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
*2017-2022 Change: -1 Con; +1 Lib Dem
Leven, Kennoway and Largo
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
*2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
Aftermath
On 19 May 2022, a Labour-minority council was backed by 41 votes to 34, with Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors voting for it. Labour denied forming a coalition with either the Lib Dems or the Conservatives but said they would need the support of others in the council to provide an effective administration. A social media post put out by the local authority explaining how the three Unionist parties had voted together was later edited to remove any reference to different parties. SNP group leader, Councillor David Alexander said that this outcome was "trampling on democracy" and said there was "no coherent defence for this gerrymandered motion" given that the SNP had won the most seats.
References
External links
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Fife
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