# Glenrothes Central and Thornton (ward)

Glenrothes Central and Thornton is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Ross Vettraino (SNP) | | Dave Cunningham (SNP) | Ian Crichton (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Ross Vettraino (SNP) | Ian Sloane (Labour) | | Ian Crichton (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Ross Vettraino (SNP) | Vikki Wilton (SNP) | Derek Noble (Labour) |
| 2022 | Daniel Wilson (SNP) | Ross Vettraino (SNP) | | Derek Noble (Labour) |
| 2025 | Daniel Wilson (SNP) | | | Derek Noble (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 Fife Council election
Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Ross Vettraino (incumbent) | 34.1% | 1,588 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Derek Noble (incumbent) | 27.9% | 1,299 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Daniel Wilson | 14.6% | 679 | 1,046.1 | 1,063.3 | 1,067.9 | 1,114.1 | 1,220.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Gulline | 12.1% | 561 | 566.3 | 585.9 | 607.8 | 620.3 | 631.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | 3.9% | 183 | 188.9 | 223.2 | 231.9 | 246.5 | 297.2 |
| | Scottish Green | Morven Ovenstone-Jones | 3.7% | 170 | 180.1 | 191.5 | 207.8 | 221.9 | |
| | Alba | Jim Bryce | 2.2% | 101 | 105.8 | 109 | 116.4 | | |
| | Scottish Family | Steve Saunders | 1.5% | 71 | 73.9 | 80.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,021 Valid: 4,652 Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 39.4% ||||||||||

### 2017 election

2017 Fife Council election
Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 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 |
| | SNP | Ross Vetraino (incumbent) | 28.1 | 1,362 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Vikki Wilton | 16.5 | 799 | 927.6 | 938.07 | 943.07 | 989.06 | 995.2 | 1,023.4 | 1,066.7 | 1,081.6 | 1,166.2 |
| | Labour | Derek Noble | 15.5 | 750 | 752.3 | 754.3 | 761.5 | 774.8 | 796.9 | 836.9 | 1,370.6 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Mills | 14.8 | 716 | 717.3 | 719.3 | 721.3 | 729.3 | 764.3 | 803.3 | 837.8 | 866.8 | |
| | Labour | Ian Sloan (incumbent) | 13.7 | 663 | 668.4 | 674.7 | 686.7 | 694.8 | 713.8 | 740.3 | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Crichton (incumbent) | 3.1 | 151 | 151.9 | 169.9 | 214.2 | 230.3 | 257.4 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | 2.6 | 128 | 128.8 | 128.8 | 131.9 | 145.9 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Glen McGill | 2.4 | 117 | 118.7 | 125.7 | 129.7 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Robertson | 1.8 | 88 | 88.9 | 103.9 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bert Thomson | 1.5 | 71 | 72.1 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,044 Valid: 4,845 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 4,988 (41.4%) ||||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Fife Council election
Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Ross Vettraino (incumbent) | 29.66 | 1,197 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ian Crichton (incumbent) | 26.04 | 1,051 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ian Sloane | 20.64 | 833 | 847.5 | 881.7 | 897.1 | 928.1 | 1,008.7 | 1,203.6 |
| | SNP | Vikki Wilton | 14.17 | 572 | 728.1 | 729.4 | 736.7 | 759.3 | 799.5 | |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens | Jim Benvie | 4.22 | 172 | 177.5 | 179.1 | 192.5 | 245.7 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Mills | 3.87 | 156 | 157.4 | 157.8 | 168.9 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | 1.36 | 55 | 55.8 | 56.3 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,797 Valid: 4,036 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 4,112 (37.38%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Fife Council election
Glenrothes Central and Thornton :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Dave Cunningham | 1,825 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Ian Crichton | 1,325 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Ross Vettraino | 707 | 13.4 | 3 | 6 |
| Labour | John Mowbray | 564 | 10.7 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Kerr | 301 | 5.7 | | |
| Independent | Vina Bullimore | 279 | 5.3 | | |
| Conservative | Jamie Drew | 269 | 5.1 | | |