Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glenrothes County constituency

Glenrothes shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	John MacDougall
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Fife
EP constituency:	Scotland

Glenrothes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, mostly replacing Central Fife, but incorporating small parts of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline East.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

2005 John MacDougall Labour

The Boundaries of Glenrothes stretch from Thornton Heath, right over to the little village of Lesley on the other side. It is also bordered by the Cupar/Dunfermline road to the West and the By-Pass to the East.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Glenrothes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John MacDougall	19,395	51.9	-6.0
	Scottish National Party	John Beare	8,731	23.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	4,728	12.7	+4.8
	Conservative	Belinda Don	2,651	7.1	-0.4
	Scottish Pensioners Party	George Rodger	716	1.9	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	705	1.9	-0.8
	UK Independence	Paul Smith	440	1.2	+1.1
Majority			10,664	28.5
Turnout			37,366	56.1	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 2001: Central Fife
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John MacDougall	18,310	56.3	-2.3
	Scottish National Party	David Alexander	8,235	25.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	2,775	8.5	+2.1
	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour	2,351	7.2	-1.8
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	841	2.6	N/A
Majority			10,075	31.0
Turnout			32,512	54.6	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)