Cowdenbeath (ward)

Cowdenbeath is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of Fife Council. The ward elects four Councillors, covering the town of Cowdenbeath as well as the nearby villages of Crossgates, Hill of Beath, Kelty, and Lumphinnans.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alistair John Bain (SNP)		John Simpson (Labour)		Alex Maxwell (Ind.)	3 seats
2012	Jayne Baxter (Labour)			Peter Lockhart (Labour)
2014	Gary Guichan (Labour)
2017			Alex Campbell (Labour)		Darren Watt (Conservative)
2022				Bailey-Lee Robb (SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Cowdenbeath - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Alex Campbell (incumbent)	30.6%	2,028
	SNP	Alie Bain (incumbent)	28.9%	1,916
	Conservative	Darren Watt (incumbent)	18.9%	1,256	1,309.9	1,320.1	1,346.1
	SNP	Bailey-Lee Robb	7.7%	513	543.8	1,001.8	1,009.6	1,010.8	1,047.5	1,054.9	1,162.6	1,381.2
	Labour	Gary Guichan (incumbent)	7.4%	489	992.3	1,020.6	1,034.3	1,040.6	1,055.6	1,094.5	1,158.4
	Scottish Green	Alyssa Lee	2.5%	169	179.7	207.4	217.7	218.4	237.3	260.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Venturi	1.4%	96	106.7	108.6	113.2	116.6	120.3
	Alba	Jacqueline Bijster	1.3%	85	92.3	110.1	115.7	116
	Scottish Family	Helen Grieg	1.2%	80	90	96.8
Electorate: 17,132   Valid: 6,632   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,327   Turnout: 39.8%

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2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Fife Council election

Cowdenbeath - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Alex Campbell (incumbent)	31.4	2,065
	SNP	Alistair Bain (incumbent)	21.5	1,415
	Labour	Gary Guichan (incumbent)	15.7	1,030	1,563.2
	Conservative	Darren Watt	15.4	1,013	1,054.4	1,091.9	1,092.8	1,145.6	1,180.6	1,492.2
	SNP	Ann Bain (incumbent)	12.2	799	851.7	878.2	969.06	975.9	1,058.5
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	2.3	150	164.2	182.3	184.9	215.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches *	1.5	101	113.7	144.02	144.7
Electorate: 16,440   Valid: 6,573   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,315   Turnout: 6,707 (40.8%)

2014 By-election

A by-election was held after Jane Baxter became an MSP.

Cowdenbeath by-election (22 May 2014) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Gary Guichan	61.5	2,039
	SNP	Connor Watt	25.2	834
	UKIP	Judith Rideout	8.4	277
	Conservative	John Wheatley	4.9	164
Valid: 3,314   Turnout: 29.67%

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Fife Council election

Cowdenbeath - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Peter Lockhart	35.32	1,309
	Labour	Jayne Baxter †04	30.14	1,117
	SNP	Alistair Bain (incumbent)	24.15	895	959.2
	SNP	Darren Tod	4.86	180	197.5
	Conservative	Alistair Harvey	3.40	126	142.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Walker	2.13	79	114
Electorate: 10,742   Valid: 3,706   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 927   Turnout: 3,767 (34.50%)

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Fife Council election

Cowdenbeath

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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