Dunfermline Central (ward)

Dunfermline Central is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Lizz Mogg
(SNP)		 Willie Sullivan
(Labour)		 Jackie McKenna
(Liberal Democrats)		 Joe Rosiejak
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Neale Hanvey
(SNP)		 Jim Leishman
(Labour)		 Bob Young
(Labour)
2017 Jean Hall Muir
(SNP)		 Gary Haldane
(Labour)		 Alan Craig
(Conservative)
2019 Derek Glen
(SNP)
2022 Aude Boubaker-Calder
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder 24.7% 1,970              
SNP Derek Glen (incumbent) 20.1% 1,603              
SNP Jean Hall Muir (incumbent) 13.3% 1,057 1,075.7 1,081.9 1,081.9 1,119.5 1,388.1 1,405.7 1,486.2
Labour Jim Leishman (incumbent) 13.2% 1,055 1,139.5 1,139.9 1,155.7 1,171.2 1,243.2 1,473.3 2,367.3
Labour Garry Haldane (incumbent) 11.4% 909 977.9 978.2 983.4 992.4 1,056.9 1,216.1  
Conservative Malcolm Macaulay 9.4% 752 841.8 841.9 856.1 861.3 878.9    
Scottish Green Lewis Campbell 6% 478 519.9 520.5 526.9 538.1      
Alba Leanne Tervit 1.2% 94 95.1 95.2 101        
Scottish Family Gary Pratt 0.7% 53 56.6 56.7          
Electorate: 16,854   Valid: 7,971   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 1,595   Turnout: 47.9%  

    [2]

    2019 By-election

    In September 2019 Dunfermline Central Conservative Cllr Alan Craig resigned his seat. A by-election was held on 14 November 2019 and Derek Glen gained the seat for the SNP.

    Dunfermline Central By-election (14 November 2019)[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Derek Glen 33.16 1,526 1,528 1,628 1,761 1,798 2,297
    Conservative Chloe Dodds 24.82 1,142 1,150 1,150 1,202    
    Liberal Democrats Aude Boubaker-Calder 22.82 1,050 1,053 1,117 1,343 1,796  
    Labour Michael Boyd 13.49 621 624 656      
    Scottish Green Fiona McOwan 5.11 235 237        
    Libertarian Keith Chamberlain 0.61 28          
    Electorate: 15,698   Valid:   Quota: 2,302   Turnout: 4,602 (29.5%)  

      2017 Election

      2017 Fife Council election

      Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Conservative Alan Craig††† 24.1 1,768                
      SNP Jean Hall Muir 18.5 1,359 1,363.3 1,364.3 1,411.3 1,457.1 1,516.1      
      Labour Jim Leishman (incumbent) 15.1 1,115 1,154.6 1,157.6 1,195.6 1,370.7 1,645.2      
      Labour Garry Haldane 11.4 832 871.9 872.9 890.1 977.3 1,067.04 1,181.7 1,182.7 1,498.4
      SNP Neale Hanvey (incumbent) 11.2 821 822.4 823.4 867.7 890.6 960.9 972.8 1,020.4  
      Independent Doug Hay 8.9 655 716.7 730.4 756.6 888.6        
      Liberal Democrats Lauren Jones 6.9 509 583.04 586.9 633.6          
      Scottish Green Kerstin Romano 3.2 238 245.4 249.7            
      Independent Deek Jackson 0.37 27 31.5              
      Electorate: 15,564   Valid: 7,324   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,465   Turnout: 7,417 (47.7%)  

        2012 Election

        2012 Fife Council election

        Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Labour Jim Leishman 27.96 1,608            
        Liberal Democrats Joe Rosiejak (incumbent) 17.88 1,028 1,072.3 1,243.2        
        SNP Neale Hanvey 17.32 996 1,019.9 1,032.2 1,037.9 1,110.2 1,117.5 1,626.1
        Labour Bob Young 12.99 747 1,038.3 1,070.9 1,087.9 1,216.8    
        SNP Lizz Mogg (incumbent) 9.2 529 557.4 570.9 582.2 641.2 648.2  
        Independent Jim Gallagher 7.34 422 445.3 541.3 564.8      
        Conservative David Ross 7.32 421 431.2          
        Electorate: 14,864   Valid: 5,751   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 5,815 (38.69%)  

          2007 Election

          2007 Fife Council election

          Dunfermline Central
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          Labour Willie Sullivan 1,881 23.9 1 1
          Liberal Democrats Jackie McKenna 1,774 22.6 2 1
          SNP Lizz Mogg 1,574 20.0 3 1
          Liberal Democrats Joe Rosiejak 1,488 19.0 4 2
          Conservative Lisa Marie Callaghan 832 10.6
          Scottish Green Graeme Allan 313 4.0

          References
          1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
          2. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
          3. "Dunfermline Central and Rosyth by-elections | Fife Council". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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