Fife Council is the

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for the

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross ...

area of Scotland and is the third largest Scottish council, with 75 elected council members.

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are generally elected every five years. At the 2012 election there were 78 councillors elected, but this was reduced to 75 by the time of the 2017 election, after a review by the Boundary commission for Scotland. The number of wards was reduced from 23 to 22. Councillors make decisions at its regular Council meetings, or at those of its nine other general committees (covering for example Tourism and transportation, Education, Environment, Housing, Licensing etc.), two planning committees, and seven area committees. Following the May 2017 council elections no party was in overall control, resulting in a Power Sharing Agreement being drawn up between the

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(SNP) and the Labour group to share control equally. David Alexander (SNP) and David Ross (Labour) were agreed as co-leaders of the council. A

Provost of Fife The Provost of Fife is the ceremonial head of Fife Council, a Scottish unitary authority covering the historic county of Fife. Along with the duties of an ordinary councillor, it is the Provost's duty to promote the values of the council, pro ...

is elected every five years, who chairs the full council meetings and acts in a ceremonial capacity on behalf of the council. The current Provost is former

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MBE, who was first elected in May 2012.

Political composition

Since the May 2017 election there have been several changes to the composition of the council, although the joint SNP-Labour administration has remained. *

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(Labour) resigned in June 2018, replaced by Dave Coleman (Conservative) in a September 2018 by-election. * Alan Craig (Conservative) resigned in 2019, replaced by Derek Glen (SNP) in a November 2019 by-election. * Samantha Steele (SNP) resigned in 2019, replaced by Sharon Green Wilson (SNP) in a November 2019 by-election. * Linda Holt resigned from the Conservatives in December 2019 and now sits as an independent. The 2017 election saw the Conservatives make significant gains and, while the SNP lost its leader on the council, Neale Hanvey, it ended up as the largest party."Local Elections: Latest results updated..."
''Fife Today'', 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017. The SNP and Labour agreed to govern in coalition, with joint council leaders."Breakthrough as SNP and Labour agree to share Fife Council control"
''Fife Today'', 17 May 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

Wards

* Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages * Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy *

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 189 ...

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 Fi ...

* Dunfermline Central * Dunfermline North * Dunfermline South * East Neuk and Landward * Glenrothes Central and Thornton * Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch * Glenrothes West and Kinglassie * Howe of Fife and Tay Coast * Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay * Kirkcaldy Central * Kirkcaldy East * Kirkcaldy North * Leven, Kennoway and Largo * Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty *

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 ...

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 fourt ...

* Tay Bridgehead * West Fife and Coastal Villages

References

External links

Fife Council web site
{{Scotland subdivisions Local authorities of Scotland Politics of Fife Organisations based in Fife Glenrothes