Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
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| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
Mid Scotland and Fife shown within Scotland | |
| Electorate | 521,460 (2022)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MSPs | Scottish National Party 8 Conservative 4 Labour 2 Liberal Democrats 1 Scottish Greens 1 |
| Council areas | Clackmannanshire Fife Perth and Kinross Stirling |
| Constituencies | Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Fife North East Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling |
The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland and Lothians West, Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and West Scotland regions, and is connected with the Edinburgh and Lothians East region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.
Constituencies and council areas
2026–present
Following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, boundaries for Scotland's electoral regions and constituencies were redrawn ahead the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. Mid Scotland and Fife was however left unchanged as result of this review.[2]
| Region | Constituencies from 2026 | |
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2011–2026
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
1999–2011
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.[3] The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas,[4] the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.
The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Term | Election (Replacement date) |
MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999–2003 | Bruce Crawford (SNP) |
Tricia Marwick (SNP) |
George Reid (SNP) |
Keith Raffan (Lib Dem) |
Keith Harding (Conservative) |
Nick Johnston (Conservative) |
Brian Monteith (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2001 | Murdo Fraser (Conservative) | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 2003–07 | Mark Ruskell (Green) |
Ted Brocklebank (Conservative) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Andrew Arbuckle (Lib Dem) | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2007–11 | Chris Harvie (SNP) |
John Park (Labour) |
Claire Brennan-Baker (Labour) |
Richard Simpson (Labour) |
Liz Smith (Conservative) | |||||||||
| 4th | 2011–16 | Annabelle Ewing (SNP) |
Willie Rennie (Lib Dem) | ||||||||||||
| Jayne Baxter (Labour) | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2016–21 | Mark Ruskell (Green) |
Alex Rowley (Labour) |
Dean Lockhart (Conservative) |
Alexander Stewart (Conservative) | ||||||||||
| 6th | 2021–2026 | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Roz McCall (Conservative) | ||||||||||||||
| 7th | 2026– | Joe Long (Labour) |
Helen McDade (Reform) |
Julie MacDougall (Reform) |
Stephen Kerr (Conservative) | ||||||||||
Election results
2026 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | Keith Brown | SNP hold | |
| Cowdenbeath | David Barratt | SNP hold | |
| Dunfermline | Shirley-Anne Somerville | SNP hold | |
| Kirkcaldy | David Torrance | SNP hold | |
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Jenny Gilruth | SNP hold | |
| North East Fife | Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrats hold | |
| Perthshire North | John Swinney | SNP hold | |
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | Jim Fairlie | SNP hold | |
| Stirling | Alyn Smith | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | John Swinney, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Fiona Law, Alyn Smith, Jim Fairlie, David Torrance, Susan McGill, John Beare, David Mitchell | 81,018 | 28.3 |  12.3 | |
| Reform | Helen McDade, Julie MacDougall, Rachael Wright, Mark Davies, Mike Collier, Kenneth Morton, Otto Inglis | 45,632 | 16.0 |  15.7 | |
| Labour | Claire Baker, Joe Long, Fiona Sword, Kainde Manji, Suzanne Grahame, Angela Bailey, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, Afifa Khanam, Luke William Thomson | 41,056 | 14.4 | 0.9 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser, Stephen Kerr, Roz McCall, Alexander Stewart, Edward Sheasby, Thomas Heald, Darren Watt, Heather Greig, Niamh Heald | 37,155 | 13.0 | 12.0 | |
| Green | Mark Ruskell, Mags Hall, Caitlin Ripley, Ryan Blackadder, Marie Stadtler, Clare Andrews, Andrew Adam, Paul Vallot[6] | 36,286 | 12.7 | 4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire McLaren, Sally Pattle, Edward Scotcher, Amanda Clark, Lauren Buchanan-Quigley, Jane Ann Liston, Fraser Graham | 34,363 | 12.0 | 4.6 | |
| AtLS | Eva Comrie, Laurie Moffat, John Penman, Donal Hurley, Frank Armstrong | 2,802 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Alexandra Hardie | 2,490 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| Scottish Family | Richard Lucas, Daniel Smith, Alan Brown, Marc Surtees | 1,780 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| ISP | John Forbes | 1,732 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jack Reekie, Paolo Caserta[7] | 828 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Advance UK | Hilary Wheater, Reece Lauder | 467 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Calum Paul | 409 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
| 2021 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | Keith Brown | SNP hold | |
| Cowdenbeath | Annabelle Ewing | SNP hold | |
| Dunfermline | Shirley-Anne Somerville | SNP hold | |
| Kirkcaldy | David Torrance | SNP hold | |
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Jenny Gilruth | SNP hold | |
| North East Fife | Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrats hold | |
| Perthshire North | John Swinney | SNP hold | |
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | Jim Fairlie | SNP hold | |
| Stirling | Evelyn Tweed | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Stefan Hoggan-Radu, John Swinney, Keith Brown, Annabelle Ewing, Jim Fairlie, David Torrance, Ross Cunningham, Fiona Sarwar, Moraig Henderson, Lee Robb, Rosemary Hunter | 136,825 | 39.8 | 1.5 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser, Liz Smith, Dean Lockhart, Alexander Stewart, Roz McCall, Angus Forbes, Rhona Metcalfe, Darren Watt, Moira Benny, Kathleen Leslie, David MacPhee | 85,909 | 25.0 | 0.2 | |
| Labour | Claire Baker, Alex Rowley, Julie MacDougall, Craig Miller, Chris Kane, Ryan Smart, Ewan Dillon | 52,626 | 15.3 | 2.3 | |
| Green | Mark Ruskell, Mags Hall, Marion Robertson, Fiona McOwan, Scott Rutherford, Jeroen van Leeuwen, Elspeth MacLachlan, Paul Vallot, Amy Smith, Craig McCutcheon | 28,654 | 8.3 | 2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Willie Rennie, Peter Barrett, Aude Boubaker-Calder, Julia Brown, Jane Liston, Fayzan Rehman, Aisha Mir | 25,489 | 7.4 | 0.4 | |
| Alba | Eva Comrie, Neale Hanvey, Jim Eadie, Stephanie Reilly | 5,893 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| All for Unity | Linda Holt, Imam Khan, Brian Henderson, Ian Stewart, James Glen, Graham Dawson, Michael Saint | 2,578 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Scottish Family | Donald Marshall, Stephen Saunders, Davina Saunders, Anil Alexander, George Carratt, Linda Mair, Paul Lynch | 1,920 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Ian Mann, John Duff | 945 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Lisa Brackenridge, Eren Sinclair, Stuart Cairns, Kathleen Elliott | 837 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Calum Paul, George Morton | 818 | 0.2 |  0.0 | |
| Reform | Kenneth Morton, Victoria McCann, Otto Inglis, Alexander Black, Guy Addison, Karen Morton | 808 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| UKIP | Lynda Davis, Douglas Watters, George Cormack, Edward McNally | 399 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
| Independent | Martin James Keatings | 230 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Renew | Bruce Henderson, Stefan Diesing | 99 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | Mercy Mugure Kamanja | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
- 4 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (constituency member)
- 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | Keith Brown | SNP hold | |
| Cowdenbeath | Annabelle Ewing | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Dunfermline | Shirley-Anne Somerville | SNP hold | |
| Kirkcaldy | David Torrance | SNP hold | |
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Jenny Gilruth | SNP hold | |
| North East Fife | Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | |
| Perthshire North | John Swinney | SNP hold | |
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP hold | |
| Stirling | Bruce Crawford | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | 0 | -1 | 120,128 | 41.3 | -3.9 | ||
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser Liz Smith Alexander Stewart Dean Lockhart |
4 | +2 | 73,293 | 25.2 | +11.0 | |
| Labour | Claire Brennan-Baker Alex Rowley |
2 | -1 | 51,373 | 17.6 | -7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 20,401 | 7.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Green | Mark Ruskell | 1 | +1 | 17,860 | 6.1 | +1.9 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 5,345 | 1.8 | +0.7 | ||
| RISE | 0 | 0 | 1,073 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 1,049 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 650 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members and one additional members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSP (both additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | Keith Brown | SNP hold | |
| Cowdenbeath | Helen Eadie | Labour hold | |
| Dunfermline | Bill Walker | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | |
| Kirkcaldy | David Torrance | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Tricia Marwick | SNP hold | |
| North East Fife | Roderick Campbell | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | |
| Perthshire North | John Swinney | SNP hold | |
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP hold | |
| Stirling | Bruce Crawford | SNP gain from Labour | |
Additional member results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Annabelle Ewing | 1 | ±0 | 116,691 | 45.2 | +12.7 | |
| Labour | John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson |
3 | 0 | 64,623 | 25.0 | -2.1 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser Liz Smith |
2 | -1 | 36,458 | 14.1 | -1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Willie Rennie | 1 | +1 | 15,103 | 5.9 | -7.7 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 10,914 | 4.2 | +0.5 | ||
| All Scotland Pensioners Party | 0 | 0 | 4,113 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,838 | 1.1 | +0.5 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 1,771 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 1,726 | 0.7 | -0.3 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1,446 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 834 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 786 | 0.3 | -0.3 | ||
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 638 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0.1 | -0.8 | ||
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
- 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)
Constituency results
| 2007 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Dunfermline East | Helen Eadie | Labour | |
| Dunfermline West | Jim Tolson | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |
| Fife Central | Tricia Marwick | SNP gain from Labour | |
| Fife North East | Iain Smith | Liberal Democrats | |
| Kirkcaldy | Marilyn Livingstone | Labour | |
| North Tayside | John Swinney | SNP | |
| Ochil | Keith Brown | SNP | |
| Perth | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP | |
| Stirling | Bruce Crawford | SNP gain from Labour | |
Additional member results
| 2007 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| SNP | Chris Harvie | 1 | -1 | 90,090 | 33.0 | +10.0 | |
| Labour | John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson |
3 | +3 | 71,922 | 26.3 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser Liz Smith Ted Brocklebank |
3 | ±0 | 44,341 | 16.2 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 36,195 | 13.2 | +1.2 | ||
| Green | 0 | -1 | 10,318 | 3.8 | -3.1 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 5,523 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,620 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | 0 | 1,698 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1,587 | 0.6 | -0.4 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 1,523 | 0.6 | -0.4 | ||
| Publican Party | 0 | 0 | 1,309 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1,116 | 0.4 | -4.2 | ||
| Scottish Voice | 0 | 0 | 919 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 790 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Free Scotland Party | 0 | 0 | 664 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
- 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
| 2003 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Dunfermline East | Helen Eadie | Labour | |
| Dunfermline West | Scott Barrie | Labour | |
| Fife Central | Christine May | Labour | |
| Fife North East | Iain Smith | Liberal Democrats | |
| Kirkcaldy | Marilyn Livingstone | Labour | |
| North Tayside | John Swinney | SNP | |
| Ochil | George Reid | SNP | |
| Perth | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP | |
| Stirling | Sylvia Jackson | Labour | |
Additional member results
| 2003 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 63,239 | 25.3 | -8.0 | ||
| SNP | Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick |
2 | −1 | 57,631 | 23.0 | -5.7 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser Brian Monteith Ted Brocklebank |
3 | ±0 | 43,941 | 17.6 | -1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Raffan | 1 | ±0 | 30,112 | 12.0 | -0.7 | |
| Green | Mark Ruskell | 1 | +1 | 17,147 | 6.9 | +3.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 11,401 | 4.6 | +3.6 | ||
| Scottish Pensioners | 0 | 0 | 8,380 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures | 0 | 0 | 5,064 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| Save Local Hospitals | 0 | 0 | 4,622 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2,355 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 2,273 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 1,191 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Christian Independent Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1,064 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 996 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 637 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Changes:
- Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
- Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
Constituency results
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| Dunfermline East | Helen Eadie | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
| Dunfermline West | Scott Barrie | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
| Fife Central | Henry McLeish | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
| Fife North East | Iain Smith | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |
| Kirkaldy | Marilyn Livingstone | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
| North Tayside | John Swinney | Scottish National Party win (new seat) | |
| Ochil | Richard Simpson | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
| Perth | Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party win (new seat) | |
| Stirling | Sylvia Jackson | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) | |
Additional member results
| 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife | |||||||
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| Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
| Labour | 0 | N/A | 101,964 | 33.3 | N/A | ||
| SNP | George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick |
3 | N/A | 87,659 | 28.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith |
3 | N/A | 56,719 | 18.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Raffan | 1 | N/A | 38,896 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| Green | 0 | N/A | 11,821 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 4,266 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | 3,044 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 735 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Natural Law | 0 | N/A | 558 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Changes:
- Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on 10 August 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.