General Elections

Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

2024 General Election

lab
Melanie Claire Ward
18 662
45.72%
snp
Lesley Rankin Backhouse
11 414
27.97%
con
Johnathan Dunlop Gray
3 203
7.85%
ref
Sonia Davidson
3 128
7.66%
ld
Fraser John Ashmore Graham
1 593
3.90%
sgrn
Mags Hall
1 556
3.81%
alba
Neale Hanvey
1 132
2.77%
scotlib
Calum John Paul
126
0.31%
The constituency was renamed to Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy. Moderate changes were made.

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

alba

28th March 2021

Neale Hanvey defected to the Alba Party.
snp

29th May 2020

Neale Hanvey was readmitted to the SNP.
ind

12th December 2019

Neale Hanvey was suspended from the SNP prior to the election, but after the printing of ballot papers.

2019 General Election

snp
Neale Hanvey
16 568
35.25%
lab
Lesley Laird
15 325
32.60%
con
Kathleen Leslie
9 449
20.10%
ld
Gill Cole-Hamilton
2 903
6.18%
sgrn
Scott Rutherford
1 628
3.46%
bxp
Mitch William
1 132
2.41%

2017 General Election

lab
Lesley Laird
17 016
36.84%
snp
Roger Mullin
16 757
36.28%
con
Dave Dempsey
10 762
23.30%
ld
Malcolm Wood
1 118
2.42%
ukip
David Coburn
540
1.17%

2015 General Election

snp
Roger Mullin
27 628
52.23%
lab
Kenny Selbie
17 654
33.38%
con
Dave Dempsey
5 223
9.87%
ukip
Jack Neill
1 237
2.34%
ld
Callum Leslie
1 150
2.17%

2010 General Election

lab
Gordon Brown
29 559
64.80%
snp
Douglas Chapman
6 550
14.36%
ld
John Mainland
4 269
9.36%
con
Lindsay Paterson
4 258
9.33%
ukip
Peter Adams
760
1.67%
ind
Susan Archibald
165
0.36%
ind_land
Derek Jackson
57
0.12%