Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (ward)

Location of the ward^[1]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors. The boundary covers the settlements of Inverkeithing, Hillend and Dalgety Bay.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alice McGarry (SNP)		Bob Eadie (Labour)		Dave Dempsey (Conservative)		Dave Herbert (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Lesley Laird (Labour)			Gavin Yates (Labour)
2017				David John Barratt (SNP)
2018			Dave Coleman (Conservative)
2022	Sarah Neal (SNP)		Patrick Browne (Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Barratt (incumbent)	28.4	2,187
	Labour	Patrick Browne	18.5	1,426	1,467	1,471	1,612
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	17.6	1,355	1,380	1,401	1,446	1,456	1,494	1,519	2,430
	Conservative	Dave Coleman (incumbent)	11.6	897	908	923	939	950	990	1,014
	SNP	Sarah Neal	10.4	802	1,262	1,273	1,296	1,302	1,763
	Scottish Green	Ryan Blackadder	8.2	634	709	728	791	807
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Hawthorne	4.0	309	316	329
	Scottish Family	Sarah Davis	1.2	93	95
Electorate: 14,541   Valid: 7,703   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 53.7%

Source:^[2][3]

2018 by-election

On 8 June 2018, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Labour Councillor, Shadow Scottish Secretary, and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, Lesley Laird resigned her seat as she won the MP seat for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.^[4] A by-election was held on Thursday, 6 September 2018. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Dave Colman.^[5]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election (6 September 2018)^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Dave Coleman	37.3%	2,309	2,312	2,316	2,330	2,455	2,615	2,839
	SNP	Neale Hanvey	28.1%	1,741	1,741	1,744	1,840	1,950	2,076	2,327
	Labour	Billy Pollock	12.0%	744	746	747	794	867	1,058
	Liberal Democrats	Callum John Hawthorne	9.1%	566	568	573	631	738
	Independent	Peter Collins	8.4%	521	524	545	565
	Scottish Green	Mags Hall	4.2%	257	257	258
	Independent	Alastair Amundsen MacIntyre	0.6%	40	41
	Scottish Libertarian	Calum Paul	0.2%	13
Electorate: 14,484   Valid: 6,191   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 3,096   Turnout: 6,239 (43.1%)

2017 election

Main article: 2017 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	36.6	2,841
	Labour	Lesley Laird (incumbent)†	16.8	1,305	1,620.09
	SNP	Alice McGarry (incumbent)	15.8	1,229	1,252.1	1,258.3	1,333.7	1,395.4	1,585.02
	SNP	David John Barratt	15	1,165	1,184.9	1,187.4	1,241.8	1,280.2	1,482.8
	Independent	Helen Cannon-Todd	7.3	564	872.3	884.3	942.8	1,262.2
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Hawthorne	5	388	649.6	672.9	745.9
	Scottish Green	David Hansen	3.5	271	310.9	317.3
Electorate: 14,398   Valid: 7,763   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 7,822 (54.3%)

2012 election

Main article: 2012 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Alice McGarry (incumbent)	25.56	1,377
	Labour	Lesley Laird	17.82	960	978.7	991.1	1,060.5	1,061.6	1,197.8
	Labour	Gavin Yates	16.28	877	888.7	899.2	1,025.2	1,026.3	1,241.3
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey (incumbent)	15.44	832	843.1	930.7	1,085.2
	SNP	Helen Todd	12.29	662	891.5	918.6	1,000.8	1,001.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walker *	9.23	497	506.3	522.6
	UKIP	Mike Arthur	3.38	182	185.5
Electorate: 13,311   Valid: 5,387   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,078   Turnout: 5,441 (40.47%)

2007 election

Main article: 2007 Fife Council election

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
3. "Candidate votes per stage Ward 6 Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay" (PDF). Fife Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
4. "Kirkcaldy MP Lesley Laird resigns as councillor". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
5. "Tory candidate Dave Coleman wins Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay by-election". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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