Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005
Central Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency, with a small portion joining the expanded North East Fife .
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries [ edit ] 1974–1983 [ edit ] The burghs of Cowdenbeath, Leslie, Lochgelly, and Markinch, the districts of Glenrothes and Lochgelly, and the electoral divisions of Markinch North and Markinch South in the district of Kirkcaldy.[1]
1983–1997 [ edit ] The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:
Denbeath/Aberhill Mountfleurie/Methilhill/Methil North Leven Kennoway/Windygates Leslie/Markinch Star Auchmuty/Woodside Pitteuchar/Stenton/Balgonie South Parks/Rimbleton Southwood/Caskieberran 1997–2005 [ edit ] The Kirkcaldy District electoral divisions of:
Methil, Denbeath and Muiredge Methilhill and Mountfleurie Leven Kennoway and Windygates Markinch, Pitcoudie and Star Auchmuty, Woodside and Coaltown of Balgonie Pitleuchar and Stenton Rimbleton and South Parks Glenwood and Newcastle Leslie and Collydean Members of Parliament [ edit ] Elections [ edit ] Fife West election results Elections of the 1970s [ edit ] Elections of the 1980s [ edit ] Elections of the 1990s [ edit ] Elections of the 2000s [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire