# Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (ward)

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the towns of Buckhaven and Methil, as well as the villages of East Wemyss, West Wemyss, and Coaltown of Wemyss.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Arthur Robertson (SNP) | | Jim Young (Labour) | | Tom Adams (Labour) | Andrew Roger (Ind.) |
| 2012 | John O'Brien (SNP) | David Graham (Labour) | | Jim Young (Labour) | | | Andrew Roger (Ind.) |
| 2017 | John O'Brien (SNP) | David Graham (Labour) | Ryan Smart (Labour) | | Ken Caldwell (SNP) |
| 2022 | John O'Brien (SNP) | David Graham (Labour) | Thomas Adams (Labour) | | Ken Caldwell (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Ken Caldwell (incumbent) | 30% | 1,532 | | | |
| | Labour | David Graham (incumbent) | 24.4% | 1,248 | | | |
| | SNP | John O'Brien (incumbent) | 17.4% | 890 | 1,037.4 | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Adams | 15.8% | 809 | 838.3 | 881.9 | 1,052.9 |
| | Conservative | Brian Mills | 6.5% | 330 | 333.3 | 336.6 | 343.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Celyn Ashworth | 2.3% | 117 | 119.3 | 127.3 | 130.4 |
| | Scottish Green | Jerome van Leeuwen | 2.2% | 113 | 124 | 193.6 | 196.7 |
| | Alba | Susan Blair | 1.3% | 66 | 75.7 | 99.9 | 102.3 |
| Electorate: 13,540 Valid: 5,105 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 38.7% ||||||||

### 2017 Election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | David Graham (incumbent) | 30.4 | 1,661 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | John O'Brien (incumbent) | 18.1 | 991 | 1,014.9 | 1,015.2 | 1,020.2 | 1,039.9 | 1,059.6 | 1,064.9 | 1,074.5 | 1,161.4 |
| | SNP | Ken Caldwell | 15.4 | 842 | 861.1 | 862.1 | 864.1 | 879.5 | 893.8 | 904.1 | 908.7 | 1,444.7 |
| | SNP | Leslie Bain | 11.6 | 635 | 646.6 | 648.9 | 653.3 | 664.3 | 673.6 | 682.9 | 686.7 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Barton | 9.3 | 507 | 520.3 | 522.9 | 535.4 | 539.7 | 567.04 | | | |
| | Labour | Ryan Smart | 9.1 | 498 | 914.5 | 918.8 | 935.6 | 946.6 | 999.4 | 1,195.6 | | |
| | Independent | Ronald Hunter | 2.5 | 137 | 148.3 | 184.9 | 195.9 | 214.9 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Stephen Ferguson | 1.4 | 78 | 83.5 | 93.1 | 100.5 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rory Roberson | 1.1 | 62 | 69.5 | 70.5 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eunice Cameron | 1.04 | 57 | 61.8 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,802 Valid: 5,468 Spoilt: 170 Quota: 1,094 Turnout: 5,638 (40.8%) |||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | David Graham | 28.2 | 1,430 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Rodger (incumbent) | 25.79 | 1,307 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | John O'Brien | 16.38 | 830 | 859.7 | 902 | 902.9 | 907.1 | 915.2 | 915.6 | 967.3 | 1,394.5 |
| | Labour | Jim Young (incumbent) | 14.45 | 732 | 1,024.6 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Arthur Robertson (incumbent) | 9.67 | 490 | 499.3 | 532.3 | 533 | 534 | 538.2 | 544 | 565.9 | |
| | Independent | Ricky Jannetta | 3.02 | 153 | 178 | 253.6 | 255 | 261.3 | 276.6 | 300.3 | | |
| | Conservative | Keith Stanley Smith | 1.18 | 60 | 61.2 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 69.8 | 76.6 | | | |
| | UKIP | Kris Seunarine | 0.87 | 44 | 46.3 | 54.2 | 54.4 | 57.2 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lois Lothian | 0.41 | 21 | 23.3 | 26.9 | 27.2 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,114 Valid: 5,067 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 5,160 (35.90%) |||||||||||||

### 2007 Election

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Andrew Rodger | 2,114 | 33.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Tom Adams | 1,456 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Arthur Robertson | 712 | 11.3 | 3 | 11 |
| SNP | Stuart Macphail | 647 | 10.3 | | |
| Labour | Jim Young | 460 | 7.3 | 4 | 11 |
| Independent | John O'Brien | 225 | 3.6 | | |
| Independent | Anne Marie Flack | 195 | 3.1 | | |
| Independent | Ricky Jannetta | 164 | 2.6 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lois Lothian | 107 | 1.7 | | |
| Conservative | David Graham Stacey | 97 | 1.5 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim McLean | 53 | 0.8 | | |
| UKIP | Kris Seunarine | 32 | 0.5 | | |
| Independent | William Wallace | 19 | 0.3 | | |