North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids North East Fife
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
North East Fife shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	75,226 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP	Willie Rennie
Council area	Fife

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is additionally one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election by Willie Rennie, the former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the reshaped North East Fife constituency was formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:

• Cupar
• East Neuk and Landward
• Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
• St Andrews
• Tay Bridgehead

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

North East Fife election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	22,163	55.1	11.2	11,728	29.1	2.5
	SNP	Rhuaraidh Fleming	14,715	36.6	2.9	12,484	30.9	0.9
	Conservative	Rhona Metcalfe	2,323	5.8	10.8	8,108	20.1	4.1
	Green					4,068	10.1	2.3
	Labour	Wendy Hayes	1,056	2.6	3.3	2,425	6.0	1.1
	Alba Party					585	1.4	New
	All for Unity					303	0.8	New
	Scottish Family Party					214	0.5	New
	Scottish Libertarian Party					111	0.3	0.1
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party					110	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					73	0.2	New
	Reform UK					71	0.2	New
	UKIP					35	0.1	1.5
	Independent	Martin Keatings				32	0.1	New
	Renew Party					11	0.0	New
	Independent	Mercy Kamanja				5	0.0	New
Majority			7,448	18.5	8.4
Valid Votes			40,257			40,363
Invalid Votes			159			53
Turnout			40,416	68.9	5.7	40,416	68.9	5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing		7.1
Notes

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	14,928	43.8	15.4	9,054	26.5	9.3
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	11,463	33.7	3.5	10,860	31.8	7.5
	Conservative	Huw Bell	5,646	16.6	2.3	8,260	24.2	5.7
	Green					2,665	7.8	0.5
	Labour	Rosalind Garton	2,026	5.9	6.3	2,427	7.1	4.7
	UKIP					553	1.6	1.3
	Scottish Libertarian Party					139	0.4	New
	RISE					102	0.3	New
	Solidarity (Scotland)					71	0.2	0.1
Majority			3,465	10.1	N/A
Valid Votes			34,063			34,131
Invalid Votes			101			48
Turnout			34,164	63.2	12.5	34,179	63.2	12.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP		Swing		8.4
Notes

2000s

1990s