Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty (ward)

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2017 Lea McLelland
(SNP)
Rosemary Liewald
(SNP)
Mary Bain Lockhart
(Labour)
Linda Erskine
(Labour)
2022

Election Results edit

2022 Election edit

2022 Fife Council election

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Mary Bain-Lockhart (incumbent) 24.9% 1,230    
Scottish National Rosemary Liewald (incumbent) 23.7% 1,173    
Scottish National Lea McLelland (incumbent) 19.5% 965 983.3 1,143.4
Labour Linda Erskine (incumbent) 18.7% 925 1,115.2  
Conservative Margaret Fairgrieve 7.7% 379 385 385.8
Scottish Green Danny Oswald 2.3% 115 117.1 125.5
Liberal Democrats Russel McPhate 1.8% 88 94.2 95.3
Scottish Family Anil Alexander 1.5% 72 74 75.2
Electorate: 14,192   Valid: 4,947   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 990   Turnout: 35.7%  

[2]

2017 Election edit

2017 Fife Council election

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Mary Bain Lockhart (incumbent) 24.6 1,257      
Labour Linda Erskine (incumbent) 20.2 1,033      
Scottish National Lea McLelland 19.5 994 1,018.9 1,019.7 1,034.5
Scottish National Rosemary Liewald 19.4 990 1,008.4 1,009.5 1,029.4
Conservative Scott Campbell 9.7 497 532.3 534.09 538.8
Independent James Glen 5.2 263 289.5 291.2 312.5
Scottish Green Ronnie Mackie 1.4 70 85.2 85.9  
Electorate: 13,796   Valid: 5,104   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 5,274 (38.2%)  

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.