Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		Lea McLelland (SNP)		Rosemary Liewald (SNP)		Mary Bain Lockhart (Labour)		Linda Erskine (Labour)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Fife Council election

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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	983.3	1,143.4
	Labour	Linda Erskine (incumbent)	18.7%	925	1,115.2
	Conservative	Margaret Fairgrieve	7.7%	379	385	385.8
	Scottish Green	Danny Oswald	2.3%	115	117.1	125.5
	Liberal Democrats	Russel McPhate	1.8%	88	94.2	95.3
	Scottish Family	Anil Alexander	1.5%	72	74	75.2
Electorate: 14,192   Valid: 4,947   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 990   Turnout: 35.7%

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2017 Election

2017 Fife Council election

Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Mary Bain Lockhart (incumbent)	24.6	1,257
	Labour	Linda Erskine (incumbent)	20.2	1,033
	SNP	Lea McLelland	19.5	994	1,018.9	1,019.7	1,034.5
	SNP	Rosemary Liewald	19.4	990	1,008.4	1,009.5	1,029.4
	Conservative	Scott Campbell	9.7	497	532.3	534.09	538.8
	Independent	James Glen	5.2	263	289.5	291.2	312.5
	Scottish Green	Ronnie Mackie	1.4	70	85.2	85.9
Electorate: 13,796   Valid: 5,104   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 5,274 (38.2%)

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
2. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.