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2019 general election results

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

Shows the general election results for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, which is a constituency in Fife. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 72,853 and a turnout of 64.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Gain
Neale Hanvey
Majority
1,243
Electorate
72,853
Turnout
64.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
SNP 35.2%
Lab 32.6%
Con 20.1%
LD 6.2%
Green 3.5%
BXT 2.4%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Neale Hanvey  SNP 16,568 35.2 -1.0
Lesley Laird  Lab 15,325 32.6 -4.2
Kathleen Leslie  Con 9,449 20.1 -3.2
Gill Cole-Hamilton  LD 2,903 6.2 3.8
Scott Rutherford * Green 1,628 3.5 3.5
Mitch William * BXT 1,132 2.4 2.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD Green BXT UKIP Ind Land Party SSP Oth
2005 14.5% 58.1% 10.3% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 1.2%
2010 14.3% 64.5% 9.3% 9.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 52.2% 33.4% 9.9% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 36.3% 36.8% 23.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 35.2% 32.6% 20.1% 6.2% 3.5% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
615 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 2.6%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
648 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 35.2%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
451 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 64.5%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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