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Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005

Field	Value
name	Central Fife
parliament	uk
map1	CentralFife1997
map_size	260px
map_entity	Scotland
map_year	2001
year	1974
abolished	2005
type	County
previous	West Fife
next	Glenrothes
North East Fife
region	Scotland
county	Fife

North East Fife

Central Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency, with a small portion joining the expanded North East Fife.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1974–1983

The burghs of Cowdenbeath, Leslie, Lochgelly, and Markinch, the districts of Glenrothes and Lochgelly, and the electoral divisions of Markinch North and Markinch South in the district of Kirkcaldy.

1983–1997

The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:

Denbeath/Aberhill
Mountfleurie/Methilhill/Methil North
Leven
Kennoway/Windygates
Leslie/Markinch Star
Auchmuty/Woodside
Pitteuchar/Stenton/Balgonie
South Parks/Rimbleton
Southwood/Caskieberran

1997–2005

The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:

Methil, Denbeath and Muiredge
Methilhill and Mountfleurie
Leven
Kennoway and Windygates
Markinch, Pitcoudie and Star
Auchmuty, Woodside and Coaltown of Balgonie
Pitleuchar and Stenton
Rimbleton and South Parks
Glenwood and Newcastle
Leslie and Collydean

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Feb 1974	Willie Hamilton
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1987	Henry McLeish
Labour Party (UK)}}"		2001	John MacDougall
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1970s

Elections of the 1980s

Elections of the 1990s

Elections of the 2000s

References

{{cite legislation UK. (1973)
"UK Election 2024 A-Z".
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i08.htm
"UK General Election results: October 1974".
"Not updated: UK General Election results: May 1979".
"Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1997". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].

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