Location of the ward [1]
Dunfermline South is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Brian John Goodall (SNP) |
Mike Rumney (Labour) |
Tony Martin (Liberal Democrats) |
Dave Walker (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Cara Hilton (Labour) | |||||||
| 2013 | Billy Pollock (Labour) | |||||||
| 2015 | Fay Sinclair (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | David Ross (Conservative) |
Ross Patterson (Labour) |
James Calder (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2022 | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw (SNP) |
Cara Hilton (Labour) |
Naz Anis-Miah (SNP) | |||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder (incumbent) | 19.5% | 1,523 | 1,528 | 1,542 | 1,586 | ||||||
| Labour | Cara Hilton | 19.3% | 1,505 | 1,508 | 1,513 | 1,550 | 1,558.5 | 1,794.1 | ||||
| Scottish National | Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw | 16.9% | 1,316 | 1,340 | 1,344 | 1,408 | 1,410 | 1,425.1 | 1,446.9 | 1,543.7 | 1,601.9 | |
| Scottish National | Naz Anis-Miah | 16.6% | 1,292 | 1,308 | 1,314 | 1,382 | 1,383.4 | 1,390.5 | 1,409.4 | 1,534.1 | 1,568.9 | |
| Conservative | David Ross (incumbent) | 10.6% | 825 | 826 | 846 | 855 | 860.6 | 878.9 | 917.7 | 1,008 | ||
| Independent | Martin Willcocks | 6.9% | 541 | 564 | 580 | 611 | 613.4 | 619.5 | 641.8 | |||
| Labour | Ross Paterson (incumbent) | 3.9% | 304 | 308 | 846 | 327 | 328.5 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Tom Freeman | 3.6% | 279 | 288 | 295 | |||||||
| Scottish Family | Paul Lynch | 1.3% | 105 | 112 | ||||||||
| Alba | Rob Thompson | 1.3% | 103 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 17,563 Valid: 7,793 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,559 Turnout: 44.9% | ||||||||||||
2017 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | David Ross | 23.2 | 1,660 | |||||||
| Scottish National | Fay Sinclair (incumbent) | 18.17 | 1,302 | 1,304.9 | 1,361.3 | 1,389.5 | 1,403.8 | 1,404.03 | 2,505.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder | 17.08 | 1,224 | 1,325.7 | 1,389.9 | 1,436.2 | ||||
| Scottish National | Brian Goodall (incumbent) | 15.7 | 1,128 | 1,130.3 | 1,189.5 | 1,219.7 | 1,237.7 | 1,238.09 | ||
| Labour | Ross Patterson | 15.2 | 1,086 | 1,116.8 | 1,148.3 | 1,560.9 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Pollock (incumbent) | 7.2 | 521 | 539.9 | 555.3 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Michael Collie | 3.4 | 245 | 253.6 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,388 Valid: 7,166 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,434 Turnout: 7,241 (44.2%) | ||||||||||
2015 By-election[edit]
A by-election was called after Cara Hilton resigned, having been elected MSP for Dunfermline.[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Scottish National | Fay Sinclair | 51.52 | 5,899 | |
| Labour | Andrew Verrecchia | 27.82 | 3,185 | |
| Conservative | David Ross | 11.56 | 1,324 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Calder | 9.09 | 1,041 | |
| Electorate: 17,031 Valid: 11,449 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 5,725 Turnout: 11,581 (67.8%) | ||||
2013 By-election[edit]
A by-election was called after Mike Rumney died.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Pollock | 39.7 | 2,552 | 2,568 | 2,618 | 2,697 | 3,170 | 4,086 | |
| Scottish National | Helen Cannon-Todd | 32.0 | 2,057 | 2,075 | 2,112 | 2,142 | 2,358 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Munro | 15.7 | 1,009 | 1,029 | 1,073 | 1,257 | |||
| Conservative | David Ross | 7.0 | 450 | 497 | 504 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 2.8 | 183 | 201 | |||||
| UKIP | Judith Rideout | 2.8 | 183 | ||||||
| Valid: 6,434 Quota: 3,217 | |||||||||
2012 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Mike Rumney (incumbent) †02 | 22.02 | 1,271 | |||||||
| Labour | Cara Hilton †07 | 20.69 | 1,194 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin (incumbent) | 20.62 | 1,190 | |||||||
| Scottish National | Brian Goodall (incumbent) | 17.54 | 1,012 | 1,025.4 | 1,029.4 | 1,034.7 | 1,081.1 | 1,144.5 | 1,681.1 | |
| Scottish National | Fay Sinclair | 9.15 | 528 | 540.3 | 544.6 | 548.4 | 584.9 | 609.2 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Reid Fairgrieve | 6.41 | 370 | 374.9 | 377.4 | 385.3 | 420.8 | |||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 3.57 | 206 | 220.7 | 227.7 | 232.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,927 Valid: 5,771 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,155 Turnout: 5,829 (36.60%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin | 1,816 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National | Brian John Goodall | 1,583 | 22.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Mike Rumney | 1,446 | 20.8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Labour | Bob Young | 738 | 10.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Walker | 627 | 9.0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Richard Jules Watt | 515 | 7.4 | |||
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 231 | 3.3 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-hilton-677b321b/?ppe=1 [self-published source]
- ^ "SNP candidate Fay Sinclair wins Dunfermline South". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Dunfermline South, 2013". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.