Kirkcaldy is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Fife. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It also forms 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.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The seat has been held by David Torrance of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling. The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
Constituency boundaries and council area
Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, and Mid Fife and Glenrothes.
The Kirkcaldy constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of a pre-existing House of Commons constituency. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election UK and Scottish parliamentary constituencies were separated, and there is no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries.See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland The Kirkcaldy Westminster constituency was divided between Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
The boundaries of the seat were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election as part of the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. The following electoral wards of Fife Council were used to define the constituency of Kirkcaldy:
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy (entire ward) Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (entire ward) Kirkcaldy Central (entire ward) Kirkcaldy East (entire ward) Kirkcaldy North (entire ward)
At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were unchanged.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108-111.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 142.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election Member Party 1999 Marilyn Livingstone Labour 2011 David Torrance SNP
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
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