Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (ward)

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Alice McGarry
(SNP)		 Bob Eadie
(Labour)		 Dave Dempsey
(Conservative)		 Dave Herbert
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Lesley Laird
(Labour)		 Gavin Yates
(Labour)
2017 David John Barratt
(SNP)
2018 Dave Coleman
(Conservative)
2022 Sarah Neal
(SNP)		 Patrick Browne
(Labour)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP David Barratt (incumbent) 28.4% 2,187              
Labour Patrick Browne 18.5% 1,426 1,467.9 1,471.9 1,612        
Conservative Dave Dempsey (incumbent) 17.6% 1,355 1,380.7 1,401.6 1,446.6 1,456.7 1,494.3 1,519.2 2,430.5
Conservative Dave Coleman (incumbent) 11.6% 897 908.2 923.2 939.8 950.6 990.6 1,014.9  
SNP Sarah Neal 10.4% 802 1,262.2 1,273.1 1,296.4 1,302.9 1,763.6    
Scottish Green Ryan Blackadder 8.2% 634 709 728.6 791.4 807.4      
Liberal Democrats Callum Hawthorne 4% 309 316.7 329.7          
Scottish Family Sarah Davis 1.2% 93 95.4            
Electorate: 14,541   Valid: 7,703   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 53.7%  

    [2]

    2018 by-election

    On 8 June 2018, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Labour Councillor, Shadow Scottish Secretary, and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, Lesley Laird resigned her seat as she won the MP seat for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.[3] A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman.[4]

    Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election (6 September 2018)[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Conservative Dave Coleman 37.3% 2,309 2,312 2,316 2,330 2,455 2,615 2,839
    SNP Neale Hanvey 28.1% 1,741 1,741 1,744 1,840 1,950 2,076 2,327
    Labour Billy Pollock 12.0% 744 746 747 794 867 1,058  
    Liberal Democrats Callum John Hawthorne 9.1% 566 568 573 631 738    
    Independent Peter Collins 8.4% 521 524 545 565      
    Scottish Green Mags Hall 4.2% 257 257 258        
    Independent Alastair Amundsen MacIntyre 0.6% 40 41          
    Libertarian Calum Paul 0.2% 13            
    Electorate: 14,484   Valid: 6,191   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 3,096   Turnout: 6,239 (43.1%)  

      2017 election
      Main article: 2017 Fife Council election
      Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Conservative Dave Dempsey (incumbent) 36.6 2,841          
      Labour Lesley Laird (incumbent)† 16.8 1,305 1,620.09        
      SNP Alice McGarry (incumbent) 15.8 1,229 1,252.1 1,258.3 1,333.7 1,395.4 1,585.02
      SNP David John Barratt 15 1,165 1,184.9 1,187.4 1,241.8 1,280.2 1,482.8
      Independent Helen Cannon-Todd 7.3 564 872.3 884.3 942.8 1,262.2  
      Liberal Democrats Callum Hawthorne 5 388 649.6 672.9 745.9    
      Scottish Green David Hansen 3.5 271 310.9 317.3      
      Electorate: 14,398   Valid: 7,763   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 7,822 (54.3%)  

        2012 election
        Main article: 2012 Fife Council election
        Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        SNP Alice McGarry (incumbent) 25.56 1,377          
        Labour Lesley Laird 17.82 960 978.7 991.1 1,060.5 1,061.6 1,197.8
        Labour Gavin Yates 16.28 877 888.7 899.2 1,025.2 1,026.3 1,241.3
        Conservative Dave Dempsey (incumbent) 15.44 832 843.1 930.7 1,085.2    
        SNP Helen Todd 12.29 662 891.5 918.6 1,000.8 1,001.8  
        Liberal Democrats Dave Walker * 9.23 497 506.3 522.6      
        UKIP Mike Arthur 3.38 182 185.5        
        Electorate: 13,311   Valid: 5,387   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,078   Turnout: 5,441 (40.47%)  

          2007 election
          Main article: 2007 Fife Council election
          Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP Alice McGarry 2,172 29.5 1 1
          Labour Bob Eadie 1,510 20.5 2 1
          Liberal Democrats Dave Herbert 1,337 18.1 3 2
          Conservative Dave Dempsey 1,291 17.5 4 4
          Labour Jim Philp 512 6.9
          Scottish Green Ian Sinclair 349 4.7
          UKIP Chris Ashton 137 1.9
          Scottish Socialist David Noble 60 0.8

          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. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
          3. "Kirkcaldy MP Lesley Laird resigns as councillor". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
          4. "Tory candidate Dave Coleman wins Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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