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2022 Fife Council Election
Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other 2022 Scottish local elections, Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference. For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party were returned as the largest party with 34 seats but remained shy of an overall majority. Despite a small increase in vote share, Scottish Labour Party, Labour lost four seats but again finished second 20 councillors. The Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats leapfrogged the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservatives into third place after gaining six seats to hold 13 while the Conservatives lost almost half their number to return eight members. For the second time since the Local Government etc. (Scotland) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife Council
Fife Council is the local authority for the Fife area of Scotland and is the third largest Scottish council by number of councillors, having 75 elected council members. Councillors make decisions at its regular council meetings, or at those of its nine other general committees (covering for example tourism and transportation, education, environment, housing, licensing etc.), two planning committees, and seven area committees. The council has been under no overall control since 2003. Following the 2022 election the Scottish National Party were the largest group on the council, but a minority Labour administration was formed with informal support from the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. A Provost of Fife is elected from among the councillors every five years, who chairs the full council meetings and acts as ceremonial head of the council. The current Provost is former football manager Jim Leishman MBE, who was first elected to the post in May 2012 and subsequently r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunfermline North (ward)
Dunfermline North is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 election 2017 election 2017 Fife Council election Elections to Fife Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Local government in Scotland, Scottish local government 2017 Scottish local elections, elections. The election used the 22 ward (politics), wards created as a result o ... 2015 by-election A by-election was held after David Mogg resigned. 2012 election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 election 2007 Fife Council election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Politics of Dunfermline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Party
The Alba Party (; ''Alba'' being the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland) is a Scottish nationalist and Scottish independence, pro-independence political party in Scotland. Founded in February 2021, it was led by former First Minister of Scotland, first minister of Scotland and SNP leader Alex Salmond until his death in 2024. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021, with the party standing only region (list) candidates, but no constituency candidates. Two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, UK House of Commons defected from the Scottish National Party (SNP) to the Alba Party on 27 March 2021, and a member of the Scottish Parliament Ash Regan defected on 28 October 2023. Several former SNP MPs also joined the Alba Party. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, the Alba Party stood candidates in 19 constituencies across Scotland but achieved just 11,784 votes and won no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Family Party
The Scottish Family Party (SFP) is a socially conservative political party in Scotland. It was formed in 2017 and is led by former UKIP member and registered teacher Richard Lucas. When launched in 2017, the SFP said its "central goal" was to gain election to the Scottish Parliament and "to fill the void" left behind by the current parties and their abandoning of "Judeo-Christian-inspired values of traditional Western civilisation". According to party leader Richard Lucas, they intend to be the party "to confront the cosy Holyrood consensus, interrupting the monochrome virtue-signalling that currently passes for debate in many areas". It also aims to be "pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-life, pro-freedom of speech, anti-identity politics, that values the complementary contributions of men and women and recommends schools refocus on education instead of social engineering, radical gender ideology and political moulding". The SFP contested their first seats in the 2019 UK general el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Independence Party
The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of parliament (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament. The party is currently led by Nick Tenconi, the Chief operating officer, COO of Turning Point UK. UKIP originated as the Anti-Federalist League, a somewhat single-issue Eurosceptic party established in London by Alan Sked in 1991. It was renamed ''UKIP'' in 1993, but its growth remained slow. It was largely eclipsed by the Eurosceptic Referendum Party until the latter's 1997 dissolution. In 1997, Sked was ousted by a faction led by Nigel Farage, who became the party's preeminent figure. In 2006, Farage officially became leader and, under his direction, the party adopted a wider policy platform and capitalised on concerns abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Libertarian Party
The Scottish Libertarian Party, also known as the Scottish Libertarians, is a political party in Scotland that advocates libertarianism. Its current leader is Tam Laird. History The party was first founded on 3 January 2012 under the leadership of author Daniel Logan-Scott. It was refused registration by the Electoral Commission due to naming similarities with the Libertarian Party UK. This was resolved when the Libertarian Party UK altered its registration to no longer stand candidates or run in elections in Scotland. Despite organising various events, the party became inactive and stopped updating their blog. After 3 years of inactivity, the Scottish Libertarian Party launched again in December 2015 under new leader Alan Findlay, officially registering with the Electoral Commission in March 2016. In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the party stood in the West Scotland, Mid Scotland and Fife, North East Scotland regions and the Edinburgh Central constituency. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckhaven, Methil And Wemyss Villages (ward)
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the towns of Buckhaven and Methil Methil () is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland. Methil has ancient origins: two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old. The town was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to ..., as well as the villages of East Wemyss, West Wemyss, and Coaltown of Wemyss. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2017 Election 2012 Election 2007 Election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Levenmouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupar (ward)
Cupar is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Fife Council election 2017 Election 2017 Fife Council election Elections to Fife Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Local government in Scotland, Scottish local government 2017 Scottish local elections, elections. The election used the 22 ward (politics), wards created as a result o ... 2012 Election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 Election 2007 Fife Council election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Cupar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Neuk And Landward (ward)
East Neuk and Landward is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Fife Council election 2017 Election 2017 Fife Council election 2012 Election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 Election 2007 Fife Council election Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a result of the Local G ... References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Crail Pittenweem Elie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews (Fife Ward)
St Andrews is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Fife Council election 2017 Election 2017 Fife Council election 2012 Election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 Election 2007 Fife Council election Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a result of the Local G ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Andrews (Fife ward) Wards of Fife St Andrews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenrothes Central And Thornton (ward)
Glenrothes Central and Thornton is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ... council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election results 2025 by-election 2022 election 2017 election 2012 election 2007 election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Glenrothes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenrothes North, Leslie And Markinch (ward)
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Fife Council election 2017 Election 2017 Fife Council election 2013 By-election A by-election was called after William Kay died. 2012 Election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 Election 2007 Fife Council election Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a result of the Local G ... References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Glenrothes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
