# Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Kirkcaldy is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by David Torrance of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

## Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

## Constituency boundaries and council area

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. The Kirkcaldy Westminster constituency was divided between Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
In boundary changes that took effect at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly drawn Kirkcaldy was formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:
* Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
* Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
* Kirkcaldy Central
* Kirkcaldy East
* Kirkcaldy North

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1999 | Marilyn Livingstone | Labour |
| | 2011 | David Torrance | SNP |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | David Torrance | 18,417 | 52.4 | 0.2 | 15,733 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
| | Labour | Claire Baker | 10,586 | 30.1 | 1.3 | 8,145 | 23.1 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Leslie | 4,891 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 6,137 | 17.4 | 1.7 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 2,488 | 7.1 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Beal | 1,015 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1,027 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 689 | 2.0 | New |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 406 | 1.1 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 166 | 0.5 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 123 | 0.3 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 114 | 0.3 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Calum Paul | 269 | 0.8 | N/A | 83 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 72 | 0.3 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 57 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| | Independent | Martin Keatings | Martin Keatings | Martin Keatings | Martin Keatings | 27 | 0.1 | New |
| | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | 7 | 0.0 | New |
| | Independent | Mercy Kamanja | Mercy Kamanja | Mercy Kamanja | Mercy Kamanja | 4 | 0.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,831 | 22.3 | 1.5 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 35,178 | | | 35,278 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 137 | | | 74 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,315 | 57.8 | 5.3 | 35,352 | 57.8 | 5.3 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | David Torrance | 16,358 | 52.6 | 7.4 | 14,934 | 47.8 | 3.7 |
| | Labour | Claire Baker | 8,963 | 28.8 | 15.8 | 7,822 | 25.1 | 11.0 |
| | Conservative | Martin Laidlaw | 4,568 | 14.7 | 7.5 | 4,914 | 15.7 | 9.1 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,479 | 4.7 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lauren Jones | 1,219 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1,001 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 682 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 194 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 115 | 0.4 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 81 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,395 | 23.8 | 23.2 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 31,108 | | | 31,222 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 159 | | | 52 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,267 | 52.5 | 6.0 | 31,274 | 52.5 | 5.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 11.6 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | David Torrance | 12,579 | 45.2 | N/A | 12,319 | 44.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 12,397 | 44.6 | N/A | 10,084 | 36.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ian McFarlane | 2,007 | 7.2 | N/A | 1,835 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Andrew Roger | Andrew Roger | Andrew Roger | Andrew Roger | 717 | 2.6 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 713 | 2.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 820 | 2.9 | N/A | 611 | 2.2 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 547 | 2.0 | N/A |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 315 | 1.1 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 252 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 241 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 117 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 75 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | 50 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 32 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 0.6 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 27,803 | | | 27,908 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 119 | | | 94 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,922 | 46.5 | N/A | 28,002 | 46.6 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) | SNP win (new boundaries) |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,627 | 43.9 | −2.8 |
| | SNP | Chris Harvie | 8,005 | 33.1 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice Soper | 3,361 | 13.9 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | David Potts | 2,202 | 9.1 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,622 | 10.8 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,195 | 47.7 | +3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 10,235 | 46.7 | −1.5 |
| | SNP | Colin Welsh | 5,411 | 24.7 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 2,417 | 11.0 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,332 | 10.6 | +0.3 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Rudi Vogels | 1,544 | 7.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,824 | 22.0 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,939 | 44.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |

### 1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marilyn Livingstone | 13,645 | 48.14 | N/A |
| | SNP | Stewart Hosie | 9,170 | 32.35 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 2,907 | 10.26 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 2,620 | 9.24 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,475 | 15.79 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,342 | | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
* ↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
* ↑ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
* ↑ "Constituencies A-Z: Kirkcaldy". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
* 1 2 3 "Scottish Parliamentary Results". Fife Council. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
* ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
* ↑ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.