Dunfermline North (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Dunfermline North is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 David Mogg
(SNP) 		Bill McCulloch
(Labour) 		Jim Burke
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Helen Law
(Labour) 		William Campbell
(Labour)
2015 Ian Ferguson
(SNP)
2017 Gavin Ellis
(Conservative)
2022 Auxi Barrera
(SNP) 		Gordon Pryde
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Fife Council election
Dunfermline North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Gordon Pryde 28.5 1,627              
SNP Auxi Barrera 23.6 1,350 1,360 1,365 1,368 1,509      
Conservative Gavin Ellis (incumbent) 17.8 1,017 1,049 1,059 1,084 1,107 1,108 1,365 1,474
SNP Craig McIvor 15.4 882 896 897 903 973 1,042 1,120  
Liberal Democrats Caroline McIlwraith 6.4 363 421 432 448 535 538    
Scottish Green Mags Hall 5.9 338 354 372 387        
Scottish Family Karen Smith 1.4 80 86 93          
TUSC Dave Edler 0.9 53 66            
Electorate: 12,503   Valid: 5,710   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,428   Turnout: 46.3%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Fife Council election

Dunfermline North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Gavin Ellis 23.46% 1,264 1,274 1,432        
SNP Ian Ferguson (incumbent) 22.01% 1,186 1,216 1,240 1,242.1 1909.5    
Labour Helen Law (incumbent) 16.02% 863 880 1,016 1,032.8 1,053.8 1,169.5 1,971.5
Labour Michael Boyd 13.96% 752 774 850 870.3 893.4 994.8  
SNP Fiona Fisher 12.29% 662 714 746 746.9      
Liberal Democrats Bryn Jones 8.5% 458 503          
Scottish Green Mags Hall 3.77% 203            
Electorate: 11,908   Valid: 5,388   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,348   Turnout: 5,475 (46%)  

2015 by-election

A by-election was held after David Mogg resigned.

Dunfermline North by-election (26 November 2015) - 1 seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Ian Ferguson 43.5% 1,056 1,062 1,083 1,122 1,144 1,337
Labour Joe Long 29.6% 719 722 733 805 912  
Conservative James Reekie 12.5% 304 319 321 389    
Liberal Democrats James Calder 9.5% 230 235 253      
Scottish Green Lewis Campbell 2.6% 63 72        
UKIP Chloanne Dodds 2.4% 58          
Electorate: 10,166   Valid: 2,430   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,216   Turnout: 2,450 (24.06%)  

2012 election

2012 Fife Council election

Dunfermline North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP David Mogg (incumbent) †11 31.55 1,204      
Labour Helen Law 26.13 997      
Labour William Campbell 23.17 884 913.3 949.4 988.2
Liberal Democrats James Calder 13.57 518 570.9 572.8 722.3
Conservative Graeme Whyte 6.63 253 269.9 270.7  
Electorate: 10,162   Valid: 3,816   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 955   Turnout: 3,862 (37.55%)  

2007 election

2007 Fife Council election

Dunfermline North
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Jim Burke 1,451 27.5 1 1
Labour Bill McCulloch 1,254 23.8 2 4
SNP David Mogg 1,236 23.4 3 6
Health Concern Gill Cunningham 690 13.0
Conservative Paul Callaghan 313 5.9
Labour Robert McGregor 272 5.2
Independent Jason McGilvray 59 11.2

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Dunfermline North" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 2 Dunfermline North" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Dunfermline North by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2017.