# West Fife and Coastal Villages (ward)

West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife area council in central east Scotland. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Bill Walker (SNP) | | Bobby McClelland (Labour) | | William Ferguson (Ind.) | Gerry McMullan (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Kate Stewart (SNP/ Ind.) | | Alice Callaghan (Labour) | Bobby McClelland (Labour) | | William Ferguson (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Kate Stewart (SNP/ Ind.) | | Mino Manekshaw (Conservative) | Bobby McClelland (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2020 | Kate Stewart (SNP/ Ind.) | | Mino Manekshaw (Conservative) | Bobby McClelland (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2022 | | Sam Steele (SNP) | Graeme Downie (Labour) | Conner Young (Conservative) | 3 seats |
| 2024 | Karen Beaton (Labour) | Sam Steele (SNP) | | Conner Young (Conservative) | 3 seats |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

West Fife and Coastal Villages by-election (28 November 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Karen Beaton | 33.1 | 881 | 882 | 890 | 921 | 1,010 | 1,147 | 1,474 |
| | SNP | Paul Steele | 33.1 | 879 | 887 | 896 | 944 | 985 | 1,015 | |
| | Conservative | David Ross | 16.0 | 426 | 434 | 444 | 449 | 516 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Buchanan-Quigley | 8.5 | 227 | 232 | 246 | 279 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Fiona McOwan | 4.8 | 128 | 130 | 141 | | | | |
| | Independent | George Morton | 2.4 | 64 | 77 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Danny Smith | 1.9 | 53 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,577 Valid: 2,658 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,330 Turnout: 19.8% |||||||||||
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### 2022 election

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Labour | Graeme Downie | 24.9 | 1,482 | 1,487 | 1,492 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Sam Steele | 21.8 | 1,301 | 1,307 | 1,330 | 1,330 | 1,336 | 1,417 | 1,448 | 1,509 | | |
| | Conservative | Conner Young | 17.1 | 1,017 | 1,020 | 1,020 | 1,020 | 1,056 | 1,062 | 1,179 | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,425 |
| | SNP | Katie Strang | 14.0 | 837 | 843 | 860 | 860 | 865 | 933 | 961 | 1,012 | 1,027 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline McKenna | 7.7 | 458 | 458 | 461 | 461 | 471 | 501 | 640 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Cockburn | 6.7 | 399 | 402 | 406 | 406 | 418 | 460 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Craig McCutcheon | 4.1 | 246 | 251 | 264 | 264 | 273 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Danny Smith | 1.6 | 94 | 97 | 107 | 107 | | | | | | |
| | Alba | William Gavin | 1.4 | 83 | 92 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Keatings | 0.8 | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,553 Valid: 5,963 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,491 Turnout: 44.9% ||||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Fife Council election
West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Bobby Clelland (incumbent) | 27.08% | 1,682 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Mino Manekshaw | 19.1% | 1,186 | 1,190.4 | 1,197.4 | 1,253.5 | 1,382.4 | 1,542.6 | 1,575.5 |
| | SNP | Kate Stewart (incumbent)† | 17.45% | 1,084 | 1,091.1 | 1,138.1 | 1,173.3 | 1,203.4 | 1,271.7 | 2,250 |
| | SNP | Willie Gavin | 15.94% | 990 | 994.2 | 1,018.4 | 1,031.6 | 1,067.6 | 1,139 | |
| | Labour | Suzanne Davies | 8.66% | 538 | 635.1 | 654.5 | 691.5 | 816.2 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aude Boubaker-Calder | 5.8% | 360 | 363.5 | 382.5 | 438 | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Keatings | 3.54% | 220 | 222.6 | 245.9 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Jeroen Van Leeuwen | 2.43% | 151 | 152.3 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,030 Valid: 6,211 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 6,348 (48.7%) |||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Fife Council election
West Fife and Coastal Villages - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Bobby Clelland (incumbent) | 30.65 | 1,933 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Kate Stewart | 15.73 | 992 | 1,020.8 | 1,035.8 | 1,055.3 | 1,077.8 | 1,597.3 | | |
| | Labour | Alice Callaghan | 14.11 | 890 | 1,420.1 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | William Ferguson (incumbent) | 11.46 | 723 | 749.4 | 771.6 | 810.1 | 956.8 | 975.2 | 1,053.8 | 1,394.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerry McMullan (incumbent) | 9.59 | 605 | 618.5 | 631.1 | 646.2 | 859.5 | 871.6 | 916 | |
| | SNP | Len Woods | 8.77 | 553 | 565.8 | 569.7 | 576.2 | 590.1 | | | |
| | Conservative | Bruce Holborn | 8.01 | 505 | 511.9 | 516.6 | 531.1 | | | | |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens | Charlie Ross | 1.68 | 106 | 114.7 | 128.2 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,331 Valid: 6,307 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 863 Turnout: 6,385 (44.01%) ||||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Fife Council election
West Fife and Coastal Villages :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Bobby Clelland | 1,826 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry McMullan | 1,722 | 21.6 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Bill Walker | 1,663 | 20.9 | 3 | 1 |
| Independent | William Ferguson | 1,244 | 15.6 | 4 | 6 |
| Labour | Helen Law | 896 | 11.3 | | |
| Conservative | Dennis Halligan | 605 | 7.6 | | |