NORTH EAST FIFE (SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'North East Fife ' 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, however, 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.

Contents

Electoral region

Constituency boundaries and council area

Description of the constituency

Election results

Footnotes

Electoral region

:''See also ''Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth, Stirling and Tayside North.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

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^[1]. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.
The Holyrood constituency of North East Fife is one of five Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies covering the Fife council area, the others being Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central and Kirkcaldy. All are entirely within the council area.
Fife North East covers a north-east portion of the council area, north-east of Fife Central.

Description of the constituency

The constituency includes the bustling market town of Cupar and the famous St Andrews. It is a relatively prosperous, largely rural, lowland seat, on the coast, with successful livestock farming, fruit-growing and tourism interests. Unemployment is relatively low.

Election results

Footnotes

1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''