# 2007 Fife Council election

Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition to run the council for the next 5 years.

## Election results

Fife Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 24 | N\A | N\A | -11 | 30.8 | 28.7 | 39,982 | |
| SNP | 23 | N\A | N\A | +11 | 29.5 | 27.8 | 38,764 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | N\A | N\A | -1 | 26.9 | 22.4 | 31,176 | |
| Conservative | 5 | N\A | N\A | +3 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 14,783 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | N\A | N\A | ±0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1,929 | |
| UKIP | 0 | N\A | N\A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 702 | |
| Health Concern | 0 | N\A | N\A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 690 | New |
| Solidarity | 0 | N\A | N\A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 393 | New |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N\A | N\A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 365 | |
| Independent | 5 | N\A | N\A | -2 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 10,542 | |

## Ward results

West Fife and Coastal Villages :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | | |
Dunfermline North :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Burke | 1,451 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Bill McCulloch | 1,254 | 23.8 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | David Mogg | 1,236 | 23.4 | 3 | 6 |
| Health Concern | Gill Cunningham | 690 | 13.0 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Callaghan | 313 | 5.9 | | |
| Labour | Robert McGregor | 272 | 5.2 | | |
| Independent | Jason McGilvray | 59 | 11.2 | | |
Dunfermline Central :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Willie Sullivan | 1,881 | 23.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie McKenna | 1,774 | 22.6 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Lizz Mogg | 1,574 | 20.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Rosiejak | 1,488 | 19.0 | 4 | 2 |
| Conservative | Lisa Marie Callaghan | 832 | 10.6 | | |
| Scottish Green | Graeme Allan | 313 | 4.0 | | |
Dunfermline South :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin | 1,816 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Brian John Goodall | 1,583 | 22.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Mike Rumney | 1,446 | 20.8 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Bob Young | 738 | 10.6 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Walker | 627 | 9.0 | 4 | 6 |
| Conservative | Richard Jules Watt | 515 | 7.4 | | |
| Scottish Green | Angela Dixon | 231 | 3.3 | | |
Rosyth :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Douglas Chapman | 1,672 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Pat Callaghan | 1,579 | 30.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Legg | 1,081 | 20.8 | 3 | 3 |
| Labour | Malcolm Macaulay | 456 | 8.8 | | |
| Conservative | Richard McKell | 415 | 8.0 | | |
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Alice McGarry | 2,172 | 29.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Bob Eadie | 1,510 | 20.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Herbert | 1,337 | 18.1 | 3 | 2 |
| Conservative | Dave Dempsey | 1,291 | 17.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Labour | Jim Philp | 512 | 6.9 | | |
| Scottish Green | Ian Sinclair | 349 | 4.7 | | |
| UKIP | Chris Ashton | 137 | 1.9 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | David Noble | 60 | 0.8 | | |
The Lochs :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Willie Clarke | 1,291 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Alex Rowley | 961 | 20.9 | 3 | 6 |
| SNP | Ann Bain | 957 | 20.8 | 2 | 6 |
| Labour | John Devine | 818 | 17.8 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas McLellan | 259 | 5.6 | | |
| Conservative | David Hicks | 170 | 3.7 | | |
| Solidarity | Kate Stewart | 81 | 1.8 | | |
| Independent | James Pate Ireland | 72 | 1.6 | | |
Cowdenbeath :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | John Simpson | 1,414 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | Alex Maxwell | 1,350 | 26.3 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Alistair John Bain | 968 | 18.9 | 3 | 6 |
| Labour | Lesley McEwan | 624 | 12.1 | | |
| Independent | Robert Arnott | 384 | 7.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Hipwell | 246 | 4.8 | | |
| Conservative | Keith Smith | 148 | 2.9 | | |
Lochgelly and Cardenden :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Mark Hood | 1,228 | 27.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Margot Doig | 1,225 | 27.7 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Ian Chisholm | 1,036 | 23.4 | 3 | 2 |
| Independent | Ernest McPherson | 637 | 14.4 | | |
| Conservative | Graeme Whyte | 137 | 3.1 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Anne Burke | 153 | 3.5 | | |
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | George Kay | 2,204 | 37.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Ron Edwards | 1,344 | 23.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Leslie | 910 | 15.6 | 3 | 5 |
| Labour | Collett Salvona | 649 | 11.1 | | |
| Conservative | Jamie Potton | 567 | 9.7 | | |
| UKIP | Peter Adams | 164 | 2.8 | | |
Kirkcaldy North :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Carol Lindsay | 1,632 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Neil Crooks | 1,617 | 28.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | David Ross | 977 | 17.4 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Les Soper | 651 | 11.6 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Finnie | 433 | 7.7 | | |
| Independent | Calum Addison Coulter | 188 | 3.4 | | |
| Solidarity | Louise McLeary | 109 | 1.9 | | |
Kirkcaldy Central :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | David Torrance | 1,795 | 31.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Judy Hamilton | 1,227 | 21.8 | 3 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alice Soper | 1,075 | 19.1 | 2 | 4 |
| Labour | John G Mackenzie | 965 | 17.1 | | |
| Conservative | Susan McCulloch | 462 | 8.2 | | |
| Solidarity | Steve West | 114 | 2.0 | | |
Kirkcaldy East :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | George Leslie†† | 1,680 | 35.4 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Lawrence Brown | 1,221 | 25.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Kay Carrington | 773 | 16.3 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Forrester | 572 | 12.1 | | |
| Conservative | Brian Mills | 361 | 7.6 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Karen McGregor | 138 | 2.9 | | |
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Peter Grant | 1,835 | 28.4 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Betty Campbell | 1,627 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Alf Patey | 1,278 | 19.8 | 3 | 2 |
| Labour | Raymond Duguid | 585 | 9.1 | 4 | 6 |
| Conservative | David Paterson Croll | 384 | 5.9 | | |
| Independent | Bob Taylor | 376 | 5.8 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Riches | 369 | 5.7 | | |
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Fiona Grant | 1,807 | 26.8 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | John Beare | 1,613 | 23.9 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | William Kay | 1,354 | 20.0 | 3 | 2 |
| Labour | Kay Morrison | 787 | 11.7 | 4 | 8 |
| Conservative | David Mole | 504 | 7.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Wills | 411 | 6.1 | | |
| Independent | Alex Lawson | 164 | 2.4 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Morag Balfour | 114 | 1.7 | | |
| UKIP | Paul Smith | 90 | 1.3 | | |
Glenrothes Central and Thornton :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | | |
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Arbuckle | 2,091 | 31.8 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | David MacDiarmid | 1,259 | 19.2 | 3 | 6 |
| Conservative | Andy Heer | 1,143 | 17.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Lothian | 924 | 14.1 | 2 | 6 |
| Scottish Green | Bruce Bennett | 511 | 9.6 | | |
| Labour | Iain Miles | 477 | 7.8 | | |
| Solidarity | Colin Cameron | 89 | 1.4 | | |
| Independent | James Jeffrey Fretwell | 75 | 1.1 | | |
Tay Bridgehead :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Brett | 1,489 | 25.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Taylor | 1,243 | 21.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Conservative | Ron Caird | 1,191 | 20.6 | 3 | 5 |
| SNP | Alastair Cruickshank | 1,173 | 20.3 | | |
| Labour | Nikolai Zhelev | 494 | 8.5 | | |
| UKIP | Duncan Pickard | 190 | 3.3 | | |
St Andrews :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | Dorothea Morrison | 1,478 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Frances Melville | 1,454 | 21.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Sangster | 809 | 12.1 | 3 | 9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Waterston | 788 | 11.8 | 4 | 9 |
| SNP | John Docherty | 775 | 11.6 | | |
| Scottish Green | Tess Darwin | 525 | 7.9 | | |
| Labour | Zoe Smith | 411 | 6.2 | | |
| Independent | Joe Peterson | 153 | 2.3 | | |
| Independent | Maries Cassells | 131 | 2.0 | | |
| Independent | Karen Hutchence | 81 | 1.2 | | |
| Independent | Keith Griffiths | 77 | 1.2 | | |
East Neuk and Landward :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Riches | 1,696 | 31.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward† | 1,515 | 27.8 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Margaret Wight | 1,041 | 19.1 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald MacGregor | 816 | 15.0 | 3 | 4 |
| Labour | Reta Russell | 387 | 7.1 | | |
Cupar :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Kennedy | 1,511 | 24.8 | 1 | 2 |
| Independent | Bryan Poole | 1,264 | 20.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Conservative | Roger Guy | 1,154 | 18.9 | 3 | 4 |
| SNP | Noel Dolan | 887 | 14.6 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Loretta Mordi | 887 | 14.6 | | |
| Labour | Jon Dodds | 388 | 6.4 | | |
Leven, Kennoway and Largo :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | David Alexander | 2,164 | 29.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Charles Haffey | 1,676 | 22.9 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Whitehead | 1,118 | 15.3 | 4 | 5 |
| SNP | Alistair Hunter | 880 | 12.0 | 3 | 5 |
| Conservative | Bill Brooks | 799 | 10.9 | | |
| Labour | Vincent Heneghan | 578 | 7.9 | | |
| UKIP | Rab Hutchison | 89 | 1.4 | | |
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 | | |

## Changes Since 2007 Election

* †East Neuk and Landward, Cllr Mike Scott-Hayward joined the United Kingdom Independence Party after leaving the Conservative Party
* ††Kirkcaldy East, Cllr George Leslie quit the Scottish National Party and became an Independent