Location of the ward Kirkcaldy East is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | George Leslie (SNP/ Ind.) |
Lawrence Brown (Labour) |
Kay Carrington (Labour) | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2012 | Arthur Morrison (SNP) | |||||
| 2015 | Marie Penman (SNP/ Ind.) | |||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2017 | Rod Cavanagh (SNP) |
Ian Cameron (Labour) |
Richard Watt (Conservative) | |||
| 2022 | Nicola Patrick (SNP) | |||||
Election Results
2022 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron (incumbent) | 32.9% | 1,313 | ||||||||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh (incumbent) | 23.1% | 924 | 944.1 | 950.1 | 955.1 | 1,011.3 | ||||
| SNP | Nicola Patrick | 17.2% | 687 | 693.7 | 696.7 | 702.2 | 772.1 | 782.6 | 793.6 | 931.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Watt (incumbent) | 11.7% | 469 | 475.9 | 480.2 | 516.8 | 524.6 | 524.6 | |||
| Labour | George Macdonald | 6.8% | 273 | 510.2 | 512.7 | 539.3 | 578.4 | 579.1 | 774.9 | ||
| Scottish Green | David Hansen | 4.3% | 172 | 180.4 | 186.4 | 211.3 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Wink Thompson | 2.9% | 116 | 123.2 | 133.9 | ||||||
| Sovereignty | Walter Neilson | 1% | 41 | 43.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: 11,052 Valid: 3,995 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 999 Turnout: 37.3% | |||||||||||
2017 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cameron | 24.7 | 985 | 993 | 1,002 | |||||||
| SNP | Rod Cavanagh | 22.5 | 897 | 898 | 903 | 903.08 | 946.08 | 968.3 | 1,035.3 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Watt | 15.3 | 611 | 625 | 630 | 630.09 | 642.09 | 671.4 | 791.5 | 791.7 | 924.8 | |
| SNP | Steve McMahon | 13.3 | 533 | 537 | 551 | 551.03 | 584.03 | 596.1 | 682.1 | 714.9 | ||
| Independent | Marie Penman (incumbent) | 10.5 | 421 | 438 | 483 | 483.2 | 532.2 | 591.6 | ||||
| Labour | Mhairi Cameron | 5 | 199 | 203 | 209 | 211.4 | 237.4 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Sandy Forbes | 4.1 | 164 | 176 | 189 | 189.04 | ||||||
| Independent | Matthew Ritchie | 2.7 | 108 | 111 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rottger | 1.9 | 75 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,747 Valid: 3,993 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 999 Turnout: 4,112 (38.3%) | ||||||||||||
2015 By-election
A by-election was called after Arthur Morrison resigned due to poor attendance.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Marie Penman | 47.33 | 1,460 | 1,464 | 1,466 | 1,472 | 1,484 | 1,553 | |
| Labour | Liz Easton | 35.27 | 1,088 | 1,088 | 1,091 | 1,097 | 1,120 | 1,148 | |
| Conservative | Edgar Cook | 7.23 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 231 | 266 | 274 | |
| Scottish Green | Claire Reid | 4.08 | 126 | 129 | 132 | 138 | 150 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Adams | 3.79 | 117 | 117 | 120 | 123 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Leslie | 1.30 | 40 | 40 | 41 | ||||
| Independent | Ronald Hunter | 0.62 | 19 | 21 | |||||
| Independent | Alastair MacIntyre | 0.39 | 12 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,924 Valid: 3,085 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 1,543 Turnout: 3,126 (27.27%) | |||||||||
2012 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Brown (incumbent) | 29.90 | 1,111 | |||||||
| Labour | Kay Carrington (incumbent) † | 20.05 | 745 | 900.9 | 926.1 | 963.3 | ||||
| SNP | Arthur Morrison † | 19.97 | 742 | 746.7 | 763.1 | 790.2 | 795.2 | 838.6 | 1,409.6 | |
| SNP | Frank Wallace | 16.42 | 610 | 613.1 | 620.3 | 651.4 | 654.3 | 675.5 | ||
| Conservative | Edgar Cook | 6.03 | 224 | 226.4 | 251.8 | 295.9 | 299.1 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Mike Parker | 4.84 | 180 | 182.1 | 195.3 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Leslie | 2.80 | 104 | 106.1 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,749 Valid: 3,716 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 930 Turnout: 3,776 (34.57%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | George Leslie†† | 1,680 | 35.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Lawrence Brown | 1,221 | 25.7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Kay Carrington | 773 | 16.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Forrester | 572 | 12.1 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Mills | 361 | 7.6 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Karen McGregor | 138 | 2.9 | |||
References
- "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.
- "Fife Council Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "'Invisible' Kirkcaldy councillor resigns - Fife Today". Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- "Kirkcaldy East by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2017.