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Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Mid Fife and Glenrothes is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Created in 2011, the constituency comprises most of the previous Central Fife constituency which was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The seat has been held by Jenny Gilruth of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling. These constituencies collectively cover the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area, the Perth and Kinross council area and the Stirling council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife. The seat of Mid Fife and Glenrothes is formed from the following electoral wards, all of which are part of Fife:
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
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