Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Cowdenbeath
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Cowdenbeath shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish Labour Party
MSP	Alex Rowley
Council area	Fife

Cowdenbeath is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is 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.

Cowdenbeath was formerly part of the Dunfermline East constituency which was abolished in 2011.

The current Member is Alex Rowley of the Scottish Labour Party, elected at a January 2014 by-election following the death of Helen Eadie in November 2013.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, 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 of Cowdenbeath is formed from the following electoral wards:

In full: Rosyth, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden and Crossgates
In part: The Lochs (shared with Dunfermline)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Helen Eadie	Scottish Labour Party
	2014	Alex Rowley	Scottish Labour Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Rowley
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Jones
Majority
Turnout

Cowdenbeath by-election, 2014^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Rowley	11,192	55.78	+9.28
	SNP	Natalie McGarry	5,704	28.43	-13.17
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey	1,893	9.44	+2.44
	UKIP	Denise Baykal	610	3.04	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Holden	425	2.12	-1.78
	The Victims Final Right	Stuart Graham	187	0.93	N/A
	SDA	James Trolland	51	0.25	N/A
Majority			5,488	27.35	+22.45
Turnout			20,062	38.41	-8.49

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Eadie	11,926	46.5	+3.4
	SNP	Ian Chisholm	10,679	41.6	+13.1
	Conservative	Belinda Don	1,792	7.0	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	997	3.9	−10.3
	Land Party	Mick Heenan	276	1.1	n/a
Majority			1,247	4.9
Turnout			25,670	46.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,349	43.0
	SNP		7,510	28.5
	Conservative		3,751	14.2
	Liberal Democrats		3,739	14.2
	Others		32	0.1
Majority			3,839	14.6

Footnotes

↑ Candidates Fife News Online - Facebook
↑ Seven candidates will fight Cowdenbeath By-election CentralFifeTimes

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