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Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament electoral region
The Mid Scotland and Fife region shown within Scotland
Created 1999
Current representation
Scottish National Party	6 MSPs
Labour Party	5 MSPs
Conservative	3 MSP
Liberal Democrats	2 MSPs
Constituencies Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Fife Central Fife North East Kirkcaldy North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
Council areas Angus (part) Clackmannanshire Fife Perth and Kinross (part) Stirling

Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.

The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, West of Scotland, Highlands and Islands and North East Scotland regions, and is connected with the Lothians region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.

Contents 1 Constituencies and council areas 2 Election results 2.1 2007 Scottish Parliament election 2.1.1 Constituency results 2.1.2 Additional member results 2.2 2003 Scottish Parliament election 2.2.1 Constituency results 2.2.2 Additional member results 2.3 1999 Scottish Parliament election 2.3.1 Constituency results 2.3.2 Additional member results 2.4 Footnotes

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time^[1]. The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas^[2], the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.

The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.

Constituency

Map

Dunfermline East covers a south-western portion of the Fife council area. Dunfermline West covers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East. Fife Central covers a central portion of the Fife council area. Fife North East covers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area. Kirkcaldy covers a southern portion of the Fife council area. North Tayside covers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area. Ochil covers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area. Perth covers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area.

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
• 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Jim Tolson	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
	Fife Central	Tricia Marwick	Scottish National Party gain from Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrat
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	Scottish National Party
	Ochil	Keith Brown	Scottish National Party
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
	Stirling	Bruce Crawford	Scottish National Party gain from Labour

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Scottish National Party	Chris Harvie	1	-1	90,090	33.0%	+10%
	Labour	John Park Claire Brennan-Baker Richard Simpson	3	+3	71,922	26.3%	+1.0%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Elizabeth Smith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	44,341	16.2%	-1.3%
	Liberal Democrat		0	-1	36,195	13.2%	+1.2%
	Scottish Green		0	-1	10,318	3.8%	-3.1%
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	5,523	2.0%	N/A
	British National Party		0	0	2,620	1.0%	N/A
	Solidarity		0	0	2,468	0.9%	N/A
	Scottish Christian		0	0	1,698	0.6%	N/A
	UK Independence		0	0	1,587	0.6%	-0.4%
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,523	0.6%	-0.4%
	Publican Party		0	0	1,309	0.5%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,116	0.4%	-4.2%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	919	0.3%	N/A
	Christian Peoples		0	0	790	0.3%	N/A
	Free Scotland Party		0	0	664	0.2%	N/A

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
• 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour
	Fife Central	Christine May	Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrat
	Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	Scottish National Party
	Ochil	George Reid	Scottish National Party
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	0	63,239	25.3%	-8.0%
	Scottish National Party	Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	2	−1	57,631	23.0%	-5.7%
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser Brian Monteith Ted Brocklebank	3	±0	43,941	17.6%	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Raffan	1	±0	30,112	12.0%	-0.7%
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell	1	+1	17,147	6.9%	+3.0%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	11,401	4.6%	+3.6%
	Scottish Pensioners Party		0	0	8,380	3.4%	N/A
	Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures		0	0	5,064	2.0%	N/A
	Save Local Hospitals		0	0	4,622	1.9%	N/A
	UK Independence		0	0	2,355	0.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,273	0.9%	-0.5%
	Scottish People's Alliance		0	0	1,191	0.5%	N/A
	Christian Independent Alliance		0	0	1,064	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	996	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	637	0.3%	N/A

Changes:

• Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January, 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
• Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Dunfermline East	Helen Eadie	Labour
	Dunfermline West	Scott Barrie	Labour
	Fife Central	Henry McLeish	Labour
	Fife North East	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrat
	Kirkaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	Labour
	North Tayside	John Swinney	Scottish National Party
	Ochil	Richard Simpson	Labour
	Perth	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
	Stirling	Sylvia Jackson	Labour

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	N/A	101,964	33.3%	N/A
	Scottish National Party	George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick	3	N/A	87,659	28.7%	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith	3	N/A	56,719	18.6%	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Raffan	1	N/A	38,896	12.7%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	11,821	3.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	4,266	1.4%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	N/A	3,044	1.0%	N/A
	ProLife Alliance		0	N/A	735	0.2%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	558	0.2%	N/A

Changes:

• Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on August 10, 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.

1. ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.

v • d • e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts · Coatbridge and Chryston · Cumbernauld and Kilsyth · East Kilbride · Falkirk East · Falkirk West · Hamilton North and Bellshill · Hamilton South · Kilmarnock and Loudoun · Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland · Glasgow Baillieston · Glasgow Cathcart · Glasgow Govan · Glasgow Kelvin · Glasgow Maryhill · Glasgow Pollok · Glasgow Rutherglen · Glasgow Shettleston · Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber · Moray · Orkney · Ross, Skye and Inverness West · Shetland · Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh West · Linlithgow · Livingston · Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife  · Dunfermline East · Dunfermline West · Kirkcaldy · North East Fife · North Tayside · Ochil · Perth · Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central · Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Dundee West · Gordon · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Cunninghame South · Dumfries · East Lothian · Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley North · Paisley South · Strathkelvin and Bearsden · West Renfrewshire