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Glenrothes and Mid Fife () is a constituency in Scotland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005.
The seat is held by Richard Baker of the Labour Party since the 2024 general election. The seat was previously held by Peter Grant of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The seat includes the major settlements of Glenrothes, Levenmouth (part of), Lochgelly, Kelty and Cardenden.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the constituency of Glenrothes to be renamed Glenrothes and Mid Fife, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.




Boundaries



Following the revised 2024 boundary review, the boundaries of the constituency centre on Glenrothes and its surrounding villages; Coaltown of Balgonie, Leslie, Markinch, Milton of Balgonie and Thornton. Moving south and west to include Ballingry, Cardenden, Kelty, Kinglassie, Lochgelly and Lochore. In the east, the seat includes parts of the Levenmouth conurbation, including Buckhaven, Methil and the Wemyss villages; East Wemyss, West Wemyss, and Coaltown of Wemyss.




History


Glenrothes was created for the 2005 general election, mostly replacing Central Fife, but incorporating small parts of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline East.




= Creation in 2005–2008

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The first holder of the newly created seat was John MacDougall, who died on 13 August 2008, triggering a by-election.




= 2008

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In the 2008 by election, Lindsay Roy was elected, the Labour majority falling by around 4,000 votes, with the Labour vote increasing by 3%; the SNP making significant gains from the lower-placed Conservative and the Liberal Democrat candidates.




= 2010 general election

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With the 2010 general election, the Labour share of the vote increased by 10% at the expense of the SNP candidate. The winner's total reached 62% of the votes cast, which places the seat in the top decile of seats won and therefore indicates a safe seat majority. Relative to the 2005 general election the swing against the SNP was less accentuated than relative to the by-election at 4.45% of the vote on the standard two-party measure of swing, which is comparable to the national swing.




Members of Parliament






Elections






= Elections in the 2020s

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= Elections in the 2010s

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The Brexit Party withdrew support for Victor Farrell over homophobic remarks.




= Elections in the 2000s

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References






External links


Glenrothes UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Glenrothes and Mid Fife UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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