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Kirkcaldy And Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been represented since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Elaine Stewart (politician), Melanie Ward of Scottish Labour. Prior to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, the seat had different boundaries and was known as Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. It was previously represented by former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2005 until 2015, who had been MP for the Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency), Dunfermline East constituency from 1983–2005 until boundary changes. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 and as UK Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010. Boundari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Stewart (politician)
Elaine Stewart is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock since 2024. Background The Daily Record noted that Stewart has "more than 30 years' background in community projects within the third sector". Member of Parliament A member of the Labour Party, she gained the seat from Allan Dorans, of the Scottish National Party. Stewart was involved in local politics prior to becoming an MP. She contested the Doon Valley The Doon Valley is an unusually wide, long valley within the Sivalik Hills and the Lesser Himalayas, in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Within the valley lies the city of Dehradun, the winter capital of Uttar ... ward of East Ayrshire Council in the 2017 local elections but was unsuccessful, being eliminated after the fifth count. She contested the ward again in the 2022 local elections and was elected on the third count. She was nominated for the position of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingseat
Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s. The name of the village is thought locally to have originated from when the king would visit the area to look out onto the River Forth and to Arthur's Seat Arthur's Seat (, ) is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bol .... Amenities The village has a public park which includes a play area and a football pitch. There is also a Community Leisure Centre, a bowling club, a cattery, and formerly a shop with a post office. There used to be a hotel in the centre of the village, The Halfway House, but it closed unexpectedly in early 2015. The building was demolished in November 2020. The village does not have its own primary sc ... [...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] |
Kirkcaldy East (ward)
Kirkcaldy East 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 ... 2015 By-election A by-election was called after Arthur Morrison resigned due to poor attendance. 2012 Election 2012 Fife Council election 2007 Election 2007 Fife Council election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Kirkcaldy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkcaldy Central (ward)
Kirkcaldy Central 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 Kirkcaldy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkcaldy North (ward)
Kirkcaldy North 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 Kirkcaldy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burntisland, Kinghorn And Western Kirkcaldy (ward)
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy is one of 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects three Councillors, covering the towns of Burntisland and Kinghorn, the village of Auchtertool, as well as the western outskirts of Kirkcaldy. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 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) � ... 2017 Election * = Sitting Councillor for Kirkcaldy Central. 2012 Election 2007 Election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Burntisland Kinghorn Kirkcaldy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The boundary covers the settlements of Inverkeithing, Hillend and Dalgety Bay. Councillors Election results 2022 election 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 Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. .... A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman. 2017 election 2012 election 2007 election References {{Wards of Fife Wards of Fife Inverkeithing ... [...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] |
Chancellor Of The Exchequer
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of HM Treasury, His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet. Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is equivalent to that of a finance minister in other countries. The chancellor is now always second lord of the Treasury as one of at least six Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, lords commissioners of the Treasury, responsible for executing the office of the Treasurer of the Exchequer the others are the prime minister and Commons government whips. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for the prime minister also to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last Chancellor who was simultaneously prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer was Stanley Baldwin in 1923. Formerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
