Dunfermline South (ward)

Location of the ward

Dunfermline South is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Brian John Goodall (SNP)		Mike Rumney (Labour)		Tony Martin (Liberal Democrats)		Dave Walker (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Cara Hilton (Labour)
2013	Billy Pollock (Labour)
2015				Fay Sinclair (SNP)
2017		David Ross (Conservative)	Ross Patterson (Labour)		James Calder (Liberal Democrats)
2022		Lynn Ballantyne Wardlaw (SNP)	Cara Hilton (Labour)	Naz Anis-Miah (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Fife Council election

Dunfermline South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%

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2017 election

2017 Fife Council election

Dunfermline South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	David Ross	23.2	1,660
	SNP	Fay Sinclair (incumbent)	18.17	1,302	1,304.9	1,361.3	1,389.5	1,403.8	1,404.03	2,505.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	17.08	1,224	1,325.7	1,389.9	1,436.2
	SNP	Brian Goodall (incumbent)	15.7	1,128	1,130.3	1,189.5	1,219.7	1,237.7	1,238.09
	Labour	Ross Patterson	15.2	1,086	1,116.8	1,148.3	1,560.9
	Labour	Billy Pollock (incumbent)	7.2	521	539.9	555.3
	Scottish Green	Michael Collie	3.4	245	253.6
Electorate: 16,388   Valid: 7,166   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,434   Turnout: 7,241 (44.2%)

2015 by-election

A by-election was called after Cara Hilton resigned, having been elected MSP for Dunfermline.

Dunfermline South by-election (7 May 2015) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Fay Sinclair	51.52	5,899
	Labour	Andrew Verrecchia	27.82	3,185
	Conservative	David Ross	11.56	1,324
	Liberal Democrats	James Calder	9.09	1,041
Electorate: 17,031   Valid: 11,449   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 5,725   Turnout: 11,581 (67.8%)

2013 by-election

A by-election was called after Mike Rumney died.

Dunfermline South by-election (24 October 2013) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Billy Pollock	39.7	2,552	2,568	2,618	2,697	3,170	4,086
	SNP	Helen Cannon-Todd	32.0	2,057	2,075	2,112	2,142	2,358
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Munro	15.7	1,009	1,029	1,073	1,257
	Conservative	David Ross	7.0	450	497	504
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	2.8	183	201
	UKIP	Judith Rideout	2.8	183
Valid: 6,434   Quota: 3,217

2012 election

2012 Fife Council election

Dunfermline South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Mike Rumney (incumbent)	22.02	1,271
	Labour	Cara Hilton	20.69	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin (incumbent)	20.62	1,190
	SNP	Brian Goodall (incumbent)	17.54	1,012	1,025.4	1,029.4	1,034.7	1,081.1	1,144.5	1,681.1
	SNP	Fay Sinclair	9.15	528	540.3	544.6	548.4	584.9	609.2
	Conservative	Margaret Reid Fairgrieve	6.41	370	374.9	377.4	385.3	420.8
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	3.57	206	220.7	227.7	232.8
Electorate: 15,927   Valid: 5,771   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,155   Turnout: 5,829 (36.60%)

2007 election

2007 Fife Council election

Dunfermline South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin	1,816	26.1	1	1
	SNP	Brian John Goodall	1,583	22.8	2	1
	Labour	Mike Rumney	1,446	20.8	3	1
	Labour	Bob Young	738	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walker	627	9.0	4	6
	Conservative	Richard Jules Watt	515	7.4
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	231	3.3