2022 Fife Council election

2022 Fife Council election
	5 May 2022
All 75 seats to Fife Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	2022 Fife Council election results map
Co-leaders before election; David Alexander (SNP) &; David Ross (Labour); No overall control	Leader after election ; David Ross; (Labour); No overall control

Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party were returned as the largest party with 34 seats but remained shy of an overall majority. Despite a small increase in vote share, Labour lost four seats but again finished second 20 councillors. The Liberal Democrats leapfrogged the Conservatives into third place after gaining six seats to hold 13 while the Conservatives lost almost half their number to return eight members. For the second time since the local government reforms in the 1990s, no independent candidates were elected.

With support from the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, Labour formed a minority administration to run the council and David Ross was elected as council leader in his own right having previously been co-leader after the 2017 election.

Background

Previous election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats for the first time in a Fife election after gaining three seats to hold 29. Labour lost 11 seats to hold 24 as they were replaced as the largest party. The Conservatives made a net gain of 12 to hold 15 seats while the Liberal Democrats lost three seats to hold seven.[1]

2017 Fife Council election result
Party	Seats	Vote share
SNP	29	33.6%
Labour	24	24.3%
Conservatives	15	20.9%
Liberal Democrats	7	13.0%

Source: [1]

Electoral system

The election used the 22 wards created by the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements, with 75 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[2]

Composition

Several changes in the composition of the council occurred between the 2017 and 2022 elections. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillor Kate Stewart who left the party to become an independent, Conservative councillor Linda Holt who resigned from the party to become an independent[3][4] and SNP councillor John Docherty who stood as an independent in the 2022 elections.[5] Three by-elections resulted in a Conservative gain from Labour, an SNP hold and an SNP gain from the Conservatives.[6][7]

Composition of Fife Council
Party	2017 result	Dissolution
SNP	29	28
Labour	24	23
Conservatives	15	14
Liberal Democrats	7	7
Independent	0	3

Retiring councillors

Retiring councillors
Council Ward		Departing Councillor
West Fife and Coastal Villages	Conservative	Mino Manekshaw
	Independent	Kate Stewart
	Labour	Bobby McClelland
Dunfermline North	SNP	Ian Ferguson
Dunfermline North	Labour	Helen Law
Dunfermline South	SNP	Fay Sinclair
Rosyth	SNP	Sharon Green-Wilson
Rosyth	Conservative	Tony Orton
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay	SNP	Alice McGarry
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy	Labour	Gordon Langlands
Kirkcaldy North	Labour	Neil Crooks
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	SNP	Fiona Grant
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	Conservative	Michael Green
Glenrothes Central and Thornton	SNP	Vikki Wilton
Tay Bridgehead	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett
Tay Bridgehead	SNP	Bill Connor
St Andrews	Labour	Brian Thompson
St Andrews	Conservative	Dominic Nolan
East Neuk and Landward	Liberal Democrats	Bill Porteous
Cupar	SNP	Karen Marjoram
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	Labour	Ryan Smart

Source: [1][5]

Candidates

The total number of candidates fell from 185 in 2017 to 179. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 39 (six less than in 2017) across the 22 wards. Both Labour and the Conservatives also fielded at least one candidate in every ward but the 32 candidates fielded by Labour were four less than in 2017 whereas the Conservatives increased their total number of candidates from 22 to 23. The Liberal Democrats contested all but one ward, fielding a total of 26 candidates (up two from 2017). The Greens also contested all but one ward however, the 21 candidates fielded by the party were three less than the previous election. The number of independent candidates contesting the election fell from 29 in 2017 to just eight. As with the previous election, both the Libertarians and the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) fielded a single candidate. For the first time, the Scottish Family Party (14), the Alba Party (11), the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) (one), the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) (one) and Sovereignty (one) fielded candidates in a Fife election. Neither Solidarity nor the British Unionist Party (BUP), who had contested the 2017 election, fielded any candidates.[1][5]

Election results

2022 Fife local election result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	34	5	0	5	35.3	36.9	46,913	3.1
	Labour	20	0	4	4	26.7	24.5	31,102	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	13	6	0	6	17.3	16.8	21,320	3.7
	Conservative	8	1	8	7	10.7	14.4	18,247	6.7
	Scottish Green	0	0	0		0.0	4.6	5,854	1.2
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,429	3.3
	Alba	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	1,059	New
	Scottish Family	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	1,035	New
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	53	New
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	45
	Sovereignty	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	New
	ISP	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	33	New
	Scottish Libertarian	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23
Total		75						127,154

Source: [8]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[9][10]

Ward summary

Results of the 2022 Fife Council election by ward
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SNP		Lab		Lib Dem		Con		Others		Total Cllrs
West Fife and Coastal Villages	39.1	1	32.5	1	6.7	0	17.1	1	7.9	0	3
Dunfermline North	36.2	1	28.5	1	6.4	0	17.4	1	8.2	0	3
Dunfermline Central	33.4	2	24.6	1	24.7	1	9.4	0	7.9	0	4
Dunfermline South	33.5	2	23.2	1	19.5	1	10.6	0	6.2	0	4
Rosyth	39.4	2	26.3	1	6.5	0	16.8	0	11.1	0	3
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay	38.8	2	18.5	1	4.0	0	29.2	1	9.4	0	3
Cowdenbeath	36.6	2	38.0	1	1.4	0	28.9	1	5.0	0	4
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty	43.2	2	43.6	2	1.8	0	7.7	0	3.8	0	4
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy	37.9	1	29.4	1	3.5	0	21.0	1	8.3	0	3
Kirkcaldy North	38.9	1	39.0	1			15.2	1	6.8	0	3
Kirkcaldy Central	37.9	1	41.6	2	2.5	0	13.6	0	4.4	0	3
Kirkcaldy East	40.3	2	39.7	1	2.9	0	11.7	0	5.3	0	3
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie	49.5	2	32.5	1	3.8	0	11.6	0	2.6	0	3
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	44.6	2	26.4	1	5.1	0	18.6	1	5.3	0	4
Glenrothes Central and Thornton	48.7	2	27.9	1	3.9	0	12.1	0	7.4	0	3
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast	31.0	1			44.9	2	14.6	0	9.5	0	3
Tay Bridgehead	28.4	1	4.3	0	48.2	2	8.4	0	10.7	0	3
St Andrews	22.2	1	8.4	0	48.1	2	14.7	1	6.6	0	4
East Neuk and Landward	25.1	1	2.6	0	45.8	2	13.2	0	14.2	0	3
Cupar	25.8	1	3.4	0	52.4	2	11.5	0	7.0	0	3
Leven, Kennoway and Largo	42.4	2	24.7	1	19.3	1	10.4	0	4.5	0	4
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	47.4	2	40.8	2	2.3	0	6.5	0	3.5	0	4
Total	36.9	34	24.5	20	16.8	13	14.4	8	7.5	0	75

Source: [8]

Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands
Seat	2017			2022
Seat	Party		Member	Party		Member
Dunfermline Central		Labour	Garry Haldane		Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder
Dunfermline South		Conservative	David Ross		SNP	Naz Anis-Miah
Rosyth		Conservative	Tony Orton		SNP	Andy Jackson
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay		Conservative	Dave Coleman		SNP	Sarah Neal
Cowdenbeath		Labour	Gary Guichan		SNP	Bailey-Lee Robb
Kirkcaldy North		Labour	Neil Crooks		Conservative	James Leslie
Kirkcaldy East		Conservative	Richard Watt		SNP	Nicola Patrick
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast		Conservative	Andy Heer		Liberal Democrats	Gary Holt
St Andrews		Labour	Brian Thompson		Liberal Democrats	Al Clark
East Neuk and Landward		Conservative	Linda Holt^{[Note 1]}		Liberal Democrats	Sean Dillon
Cupar		Conservative	Tony Miklinski		Liberal Democrats	John Caffrey
Leven, Kennoway and Largo		Conservative	Graham Ritchie		Liberal Democrats	Eugene Clarke

Notes

^
Note 1: In 2017, Linda Holt was elected as a Conservative candidate but subsequently resigned from the party.[4]

Source:[1][8]

Ward results

West Fife and Coastal Villages

Labour, the SNP and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

West Fife and Coastal Villages - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Graeme Downie	24.9	1,482	1,487	1,492
	SNP	Sam Steele	21.8	1,301	1,307	1,330	1,330	1,336	1,417	1,448	1,509
	Conservative	Conner Young	17.1	1,017	1,020	1,020	1,020	1,056	1,062	1,179	1,286	1,286	1,425
	SNP	Katie Strang	14.0	837	843	860	860	865	933	961	1,012	1,027
	Labour	Jacqueline McKenna	7.7	458	458	461	461	471	501	640
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Cockburn	6.7	399	402	406	406	418	460
	Scottish Green	Craig McCutcheon	4.1	246	251	264	264	273
	Scottish Family	Danny Smith	1.6	94	97	107	107
	Alba	William Gavin	1.4	83	92
	Independent	Martin Keatings	0.8	46
Electorate: 13,553 Valid: 5,963 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,491 Turnout: 44.9%

Source:[11][12]

Dunfermline North

Labour, the SNP and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Dunfermline North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Gordon Pryde	28.5	1,627
	SNP	Auxi Barrera	23.6	1,350	1,360	1,365	1,368	1,509
	Conservative	Gavin Ellis (incumbent)	17.8	1,017	1,049	1,059	1,084	1,107	1,108	1,365	1,474
	SNP	Craig McIvor	15.4	882	896	897	903	973	1,042	1,120
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline McIlwraith	6.4	363	421	432	448	535	538
	Scottish Green	Mags Hall	5.9	338	354	372	387
	Scottish Family	Karen Smith	1.4	80	86	93
	TUSC	Dave Edler	0.9	53	66
Electorate: 12,503 Valid: 5,710 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,428 Turnout: 46.3%

Source:[13][14]

Dunfermline Central

Labour retained one of the two seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP and Conservatives retained their seats and the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from Labour.

Dunfermline Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Aude Boubaker-Calder	24.7	1,970
	SNP	Derek Glen (incumbent)	20.1	1,603
	SNP	Jean Hall Muir (incumbent)	13.3	1,057	1,075	1,081	1,081	1,119	1,388	1,405	1,486
	Labour	Jim Leishman (incumbent)	13.2	1,055	1,139	1,139	1,155	1,171	1,243	1,473	2,367
	Labour	Garry Haldane (incumbent)	11.4	909	977	978	983	992	1,056	1,216
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaulay	9.4	752	841	841	856	861	878
	Scottish Green	Lewis Campbell	6.0	478	519	520	526	538
	Alba	Leanne Tervit	1.2	94	95	95	101
	Scottish Family	Gary Pratt	0.7	53	56	56
Electorate: 16,854 Valid: 7,971 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,595 Turnout: 47.9%

Source:[15][16]

Dunfermline South

The Liberal Democrats, Labour and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Dunfermline South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder (incumbent)	19.5	1,523	1,528	1,542	1,586
	Labour	Cara Hilton	19.3	1,505	1,508	1,513	1,550	1,558	1,794
	SNP	Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw	16.9	1,316	1,340	1,344	1,408	1,410	1,425	1,446	1,543	1,601
	SNP	Naz Anis-Miah	16.6	1,292	1,308	1,314	1,382	1,383	1,390	1,409	1,534	1,568
	Conservative	David Ross (incumbent)	10.6	825	826	846	855	860	878	917	1,008
	Independent	Martin Willcocks	6.9	541	564	580	611	613	619	641
	Labour	Ross Paterson (incumbent)	3.9	304	308	846	327	328
	Scottish Green	Tom Freeman	3.6	279	288	295
	Scottish Family	Paul Lynch	1.3	105	112
	Alba	Rob Thompson	1.3	103
Electorate: 17,563 Valid: 7,793 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,559 Turnout: 44.9%

Source:[17][18]

Rosyth

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Rosyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia (incumbent)	26.3	1,274
	SNP	Brian Goodall	22.4	1,085	1,088	1,089	1,092	1,139	1,232
	SNP	Andy Jackson	17.0	826	829	831	833	883	955	973	1,032	1,120
	Conservative	Grant Thomson	16.8	813	824	830	854	871	884	884	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Little	6.5	316	333	336	347	366	422	422
	Scottish Green	Fiona McOwan	5.2	250	254	259	268	290
	Alba	Stephen Lynas	4.0	192	194	196	203
	Scottish Family	Alastair Macintyre	1.4	69	70	77
	Scottish Libertarian	George Morton	0.5	23	23
Electorate: 11,736 Valid: 4,848 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 42.0%

Source:[19][20]

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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:[21][22]

Cowdenbeath

The SNP and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour retained one of their two seats and the SNP gained one seat from Labour.

Cowdenbeath - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	1,320	1,346
	SNP	Bailey-Lee Robb	7.7	513	543.8	1,001	1,009	1,010	1,047	1,054	1,162	1,381
	Labour	Gary Guichan (incumbent)	7.4	489	992	1,020	1,034	1,040	1,055	1,094	1,158
	Scottish Green	Alyssa Lee	2.5	169	179	207	217	218	237	260
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Venturi	1.4	96	106	108	113	116	120
	Alba	Jacqueline Bijster	1.3	85	92	110	115	116
	Scottish Family	Helen Grieg	1.2	80	90	96
Electorate: 17,132 Valid: 6,632 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,327 Turnout: 39.8%

Source:[23][24]

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Labour	Mary Bain-Lockhart (incumbent)	24.9	1,230
	SNP	Rosemary Liewald (incumbent)	23.7	1,173
	SNP	Lea McLelland (incumbent)	19.5	965	983	1,143
	Labour	Linda Erskine (incumbent)	18.7	925	1,115
	Conservative	Margaret Fairgrieve	7.7	379	385	385
	Scottish Green	Danny Oswald	2.3	115	117	125
	Liberal Democrats	Russel McPhate	1.8	88	94	95
	Scottish Family	Anil Alexander	1.5	72	74	75
Electorate: 14,192 Valid: 4,947 Spoilt: 125 Quota: 990 Turnout: 35.7%

Source:[25][26]

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Lesley Backhouse (incumbent)	29.5	1,735
	Labour	Julie MacDougall	29.4	1,730
	Conservative	Kathleen Leslie (incumbent)	21.0	1,239	1,245	1,296	1,297	1,319	1,326	1,416	1,442	1,669
	SNP	Olaf Stando	8.4	493	677	693	699	700	742	771	1,018
	Scottish Green	Claire Luxford	5.7	336	370	398	409	412	427	497
	Liberal Democrats	Anne O'Brien	3.5	209	215	293	295	301	309
	Alba	Colin Fraser	1.3	76	82	85	97	102
	Scottish Family	Garry Downie	0.7	40	40	45	49
	ISP	Andrew Bentley-Steed	0.6	33	40	42
Electorate: 11,716 Valid: 5,891 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,473 Turnout: 50.9%

Source:[27][28]

Kirkcaldy North

The SNP retained the seat they had won at the previous election while Labour held one of their two seats and the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour.

Kirkcaldy North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	David Ross (incumbent)	34.9	1,804
	SNP	Carol Lindsay (incumbent)	32.1	1,661
	Conservative	James Leslie	15.2	789	812	813	828	838	855	1,029	1,187
	SNP	Sally Walsh	6.8	352	360	669	672	710	821	936
	Labour	Ryan Smart[note 1]	4.1	213	641	652	661	672	731
	Scottish Green	Michael Collie	3.9	204	212	226	231	254
	Alba	Craig Dempsey	2.0	101	101	108	112
	UKIP	Gerald Haddrell	0.9	45	46	46
Electorate: 12,519 Valid: 5,169 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,293 Turnout: 42.1%

Source:[29][30]

Kirkcaldy Central

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Kirkcaldy Central - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Blair Allan	22.0	1,005	1,010	1,047	1,064	1,069	1,071	1,800
	Labour	Alistair Cameron (incumbent)	21.6	984	1,004	1,030	1,186
	Labour	Judy Hamilton (incumbent)	20.0	915	938	977	1,158
	SNP	Zoe Hisbent (incumbent)	15.8	723	725	800	809	813	815
	Conservative	Graham Duncan	13.6	619	642	652
	Scottish Green	Tao Macleod	4.4	203	224
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	2.5	115
Electorate: 11,394 Valid: 4,564 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,142 Turnout: 41%

Source:[31][32]

Kirkcaldy East

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Kirkcaldy East - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Ian Cameron (incumbent)	32.9	1,313
	SNP	Rod Cavanagh (incumbent)	23.1	924	944	950	955	1,011
	SNP	Nicola Patrick	17.2	687	693	696	702	772	782	793	931
	Conservative	Richard Watt (incumbent)	11.7	469	475	480	516	524	524
	Labour	George Macdonald	6.8	273	510	512	539	578	579	774
	Scottish Green	David Hansen	4.3	172	180	186	211
	Liberal Democrats	Wink Thompson	2.9	116	123	133
	Sovereignty	Walter Neilson	1.0	41	43
Electorate: 11,052 Valid: 3,995 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 999 Turnout: 37.3%

Source:[33][34]

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Julie Ford (incumbent)	37.9	1,740
	Labour	Altany Craik (incumbent)	32.5	1,491
	SNP	Craig Walker (incumbent)	11.6	533	1,059	1,104	1,138	1,186
	Conservative	David Croll	11.6	531	537	613	639	745
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Smith	3.8	174	182	275	327
	Independent	Ian Robertson	2.6	119	128	163
Electorate: 12,068 Valid: 4,588 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 38.9%

Source:[35][36]

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	John Beare (incumbent)	27.7	1,730
	Conservative	Peter Gulline	18.6	1,161	1,166	1,168	1,198	1,203	1,296
	SNP	Lynn Mowatt	16.9	1,059	1,433
	Labour	Jan Wincott (incumbent)	15.0	940	951	973	984	1,026	1,106	1,118	1,853
	Labour	Afifa Khanam	11.4	714	727	737	747	806	906	917
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Bennie	5.1	318	329	338	351	422
	Scottish Green	Bryce Goodall	3.6	224	256	320	342
	Scottish Family	George Carratt	1.7	109	112	117
Electorate: 14,432 Valid: 6,255 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,252 Turnout: 44.1%

Source:[37][38]

Glenrothes Central and Thornton

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ross Vettraino (incumbent)	34.1	1,588
	Labour	Derek Noble (incumbent)	27.9	1,299
	SNP	Daniel Wilson	14.6	679	1,046	1,063	1,067	1,114	1,220
	Conservative	Heather Gulline	12.1	561	566	585	607	620	631
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	3.9	183	188	223	231	246	297
	Scottish Green	Morven Ovenstone-Jones	3.7	170	180	191	207	221
	Alba	Jim Bryce	2.2	101	105	109	116
	Scottish Family	Steve Saunders	1.5	71	73	80
Electorate: 12,021 Valid: 4,652 Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 39.4%

Source:[39][40]

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	David MacDiarmid (incumbent)	31.0	1,871
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Lothian (incumbent)	24.0	1,448	1,508
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Holt	20.9	1,261	1,280	1,280	1,290	1,306	1,594
	Conservative	Andy Heer (incumbent)	14.6	880	888	888	905	914	944
	Scottish Green	Malcolm Jack	7.6	458	627	627	637	679
	Alba	Jackie Anderson	1.0	58	91	91	95
	Scottish Family	Alan Brown	0.9	54	57	57
Electorate: 11,317 Valid: 6,030 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,508 Turnout: 53.9%

Source:[41][42]

Tay Bridgehead

The Liberal Democrats (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Tay Bridgehead - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Louise Kennedy-Dalby	28.4	1,783
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Tepp (incumbent)	26.9	1,692
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Knox	21.2	1,333	1,362	1,461	1,470	1,531	1,654
	Conservative	Keith Barton	8.4	527	528	534	535	559	582
	Scottish Green	Colin Palmer	6.3	397	500	506	553	588	676
	Labour	Philip Thompson	4.3	271	287	292	305	341
	Independent	Sean Elder	2.8	177	184	186	214
	Alba	Steven Simpson	1.6	100	120	120
Electorate: 11,925 Valid: 6,280 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,571 Turnout: 53.1%

Source:[43][44]

St Andrews

The Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from Labour.

St Andrews - 4 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Liston (incumbent)	25.1	1,265
	Liberal Democrats	Al Clark	23.0	1,161
	SNP	Ann Verner (incumbent)	22.2	1,123
	Conservative	Robin Lawson	14.7	742	800	841	844	860	1,120
	Labour	Rosalind Garton	8.4	422	493	535	554	842
	Scottish Green	Fergus Cook	6.6	335	385	408	468
Electorate: 12,106 Valid: 5,048 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 42%

Source:[45][46]

East Neuk and Landward

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from the Conservatives. Independent candidates Linda Holt and John Docherty were elected as Liberal Democrat and SNP candidates respectively in 2017.[4][5]

East Neuk and Landward - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Corps	32.1	1,721
	SNP	Alycia Hayes	25.1	1,345
	Conservative	Debbie MacCallum	13.2	707	724	724	731	744	748	848
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Dillon	12.7	679	998	999	1,015	1,063	1,203	1,425
	Independent	Linda Holt (incumbent)	7.5	404	417	417	455	469	516
	Scottish Green	David Stutchfield	5.2	281	291	293	303	339
	Labour	Stuart Irwin	2.6	139	143	143	146
	Independent	John Docherty (incumbent)	1.5	80	84	84
Electorate: 10,467 Valid: 5,356 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,340 Turnout: 51.7%

Source:[47][48]

Cupar

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Cupar - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Kennedy (incumbent)	35.4	2,160
	SNP	Stefan Hoggan-Radu	25.8	1,571
	Liberal Democrats	John Caffrey	17.0	1,036	1,495	1,508	1,503	1,513	1,537
	Conservative	Tony Miklinski (incumbent)	11.5	698	766	766	770	774	790
	Scottish Green	Robert Hugh-Jones	4.9	296	327	351	361	371	277
	Labour	Wendy Haynes	3.4	206	234	238	242	245	250
	Scottish Family	Sylvia Brown	1.1	66	69	70	71	80
	Independent	Donald Adey	0.5	33	37	37	51
	Independent	Gordon Pay	0.5	29	32	33
Electorate: 11,439 Valid: 6,095 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,524 Turnout: 53.8%

Source:[49][50]

Leven, Kennoway and Largo

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Leven, Kennoway and Largo - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	31.7	2,077
	Labour	Colin Davidson (incumbent)	20.6	1,348
	Liberal Democrats	Eugene Clarke	19.3	1,268	1,307	1,312
	SNP	Alistair Suttie (incumbent)	10.8	707	1,323
	Conservative	Graham Ritchie (incumbent)	10.4	683	686	688
	Labour	Jacob Winton	4.1	271	287	310
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	2.4	156	199	200
	Scottish Family	Davina Saunders	0.7	49	52	53
Electorate: 15,245 Valid: 6,559 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,312 Turnout: 43.9%

Source:[51][52]

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Ken Caldwell (incumbent)	30.0	1,532
	Labour	David Graham (incumbent)	24.4	1,248
	SNP	John O'Brien (incumbent)	17.4	890	1,307
	Labour	Thomas Adams	15.8	809	838	881	1,052
	Conservative	Brian Mills	6.5	330	333	336	343
	Liberal Democrats	Celyn Ashworth	2.3	117	119	127	130
	Scottish Green	Jerome van Leeuwen	2.2	113	124	193	196
	Alba	Susan Blair	1.3	66	75	99	102
Electorate: 13,540 Valid: 5,105 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 38.7%

Source:[53][54]

Aftermath

On 19 May 2022, a Labour-minority council was backed by 41 votes to 34, with Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors voting for it. Labour denied forming a coalition with either the Lib Dems or the Conservatives but said they would need the support of others in the council to provide an effective administration. A social media post put out by the local authority explaining how the three Unionist parties had voted together was later edited to remove any reference to different parties.[55] SNP group leader, Councillor David Alexander said that this outcome was "trampling on democracy" and said there was "no coherent defence for this gerrymandered motion" given that the SNP had won the most seats.[56] Labour group leader Cllr David Ross was elected as council leader having previously been co-leader with Cllr Alexander prior to the election and Cllr Jim Leishman was re-elected as Provost.[57]

In June 2024, Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy Labour councillor Julie MacDougall resigned from the party in protest over the way the party had selected candidates for the 2024 United Kingdom general election which she said was "blocking good local people" from standing.[58]

Notes

Sitting councillor for Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages

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