North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Fife
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Fife in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Stephen Gethins (SNP)
Created from	East Fife
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Stephen Gethins. A slightly smaller constituency, also called North East Fife, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

North East Fife in the region of Fife in Scotland has the River Tay on its northern coast, and the Firth of Forth to the south. The famous golf and university town of St. Andrews is in this constituency. Other notable population centres include Cupar, Newport-on-Tay, Newburgh, Auchtermuchty and Anstruther.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Barry Henderson	Conservative
	1987	Sir Menzies Campbell	Liberal
	1992		Liberal Democrats
	2015	Stephen Gethins	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Fife^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stephen Gethins[4]	18,523	40.9	+26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett[5]	14,179	31.3	-13.0
	Conservative	Huw Matthew Bell[6]	7,373	16.3	-5.5
	Labour	Brian Thomson[7]	3,476	7.7	-9.5
	Scottish Green	Andrew Collins[8]	1,387	3.1	N/A
	Independent	Mike Scott-Hayward[9]	325	0.7	N/A
Majority			4,344	9.6
Turnout			45,263	73.0	+6.4
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+19.9

General Election 2010: North East Fife^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Menzies Campbell	17,763	44.3	−7.8
	Conservative	Miles Briggs	8,715	21.8	+2.3
	Labour	Mark Hood	6,869	17.1	+4.4
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	5,685	14.2	+3.8
	UKIP	Mike Scott-Hayward	1,032	2.6	+1.2
Majority			9,048	22.6
Turnout			40,064	63.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−5.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Fife (new boundaries)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	20,088	52.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mike Scott-Hayward	7,517	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Tony King	4,920	12.8	N/A
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	4,011	10.4	N/A
	Scottish Green	James Park	1,071	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Duncan Pickard	533	1.4	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Jack Ferguson	416	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,571	32.6
Turnout			38,556	62.1	N/A

In 2005 the ward of Leven East was incorporated into this constituency from what was Central Fife.

General Election 2001: North East Fife^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	17,926	51.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Mike Scott-Hayward	8,190	23.6	−2.9
	Labour	Claire Brennan	3,950	11.4	+1.1
	SNP	Kris Murray-Browne	3,596	10.4	−0.5
	Scottish Socialist	Keith White	610	1.8	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Leslie Von Goetz	420	1.2	N/A
Majority			9,736	28.1
Turnout			34,692	56.0	−15.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North East Fife^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	21,432	51.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Adam Bruce	11,076	26.5	−12.0
	SNP	Colin Welsh	4,545	10.8	+2.2
	Labour	Charles Milne	4,301	10.3	+4.8
	Referendum	William Nick Stewart	485	1.2	N/A
Majority			10,356	24.7	+16.8
Turnout			41,839	70.5	−7.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+8.4

General Election 1992: North East Fife^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Menzies Campbell	19,430	46.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Mary Scanlon	16,122	38.5	−2.7
	SNP	David Roche	3,589	8.6	+2.0
	Labour	Lynda Clark	2,319	5.5	−1.9
	Scottish Green	Tim Flynn	294	0.7
	Liberal	David Senior	85	0.2
Majority			3,308	7.9
Turnout			41,839	77.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North East Fife^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Menzies Campbell	17,868	44.8	+4.6
	Conservative	James Stewart Barry Henderson	16,421	41.2	−4.9
	Labour	Anthony Michael Edward Gannon	2,947	7.4	+0.9
	SNP	Francis David Roche	2,616	6.6	0.0
Majority			1,447	3.6
Turnout			39,852	76.2	+2.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

General Election 1983: North East Fife^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Henderson	17,129	46.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Menzies Campbell	14,944	40.2	+17.2
	SNP	John Hulbert	2,442	6.6	-7.7
	Labour	David Caldwell	2,429	6.5	-13.4
	Ecology	Tim Flinn	242	0.6
Majority			2,185	5.9	-14.1
Turnout			37,186	73.7	-5.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

• Preceded by East Fife

See also

• East Fife Constituency

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
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4. http://www.snp.org/people/stephen-gethins
5. http://www.libdems.org.uk/tim_brett
6. https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Bell_Huw
7. http://www.votebrian.co.uk/
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9. http://mikescotthayward.blogspot.co.uk
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Coordinates: 56°18′57″N 2°57′55″W / 56.31583°N 2.96528°W