An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour gain from SNP by Lesley Laird with a majority of 259 - 0.6% - on a turnout of 63.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LAIRD, Lesley | Lab | 17,016 | 36.8% | 3.5% |
MULLIN, Roger | SNP | 16,757 | 36.3% | -16.0% |
DEMPSEY, Dave | Con | 10,762 | 23.3% | 13.4% |
WOOD, Malcolm | LD | 1,118 | 2.4% | 0.2% |
COBURN, David | UKIP | 540 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 72,721, having a valid vote count of 46,193 and an invalid vote count of 57.
Result declared at 03:12 on 9 June 2017.