THERE were no changes in Fife in the Scottish Parliament election with all five seats being retained by their previous occupying party.
The SNP kept hold of Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Mid Fife and Glenrothes while Willie Rennie was convincing winner for the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
In Cowdenbeath, David Barratt (SNP) will replace the outgoing Annabelle Ewing after securing a total of 11,994 votes.
Labour’s Fiona Sword came in second with 6,307 votes and Reform UK’s Mark Davies third with 4,708 votes.
Conservative candidate Darren Watt received 2,201 votes, Scottish Liberal Democrat James Calder 1,547 votes and Laurie Moffat, representing the Alliance to Liberate Scotland and Sovereignty, getting 304 votes.
In Dunfermline, Shirley-Anne Somerville keeps the seat she has occupied for ten years after securing 14,206 votes.
Joe Long (Labour) was second with 8,769 votes, Reform UK’s Otto Inglis next with 5,093 votes, Lib Dem Lauren Buchanan-Quigley with 3,849 votes and Conservative Thomas Heald next with 2,209.
The Mid Fife and Glenrothes seat was retained by Jenny Gilruth after securing 12,461 votes with Reform UK’s securing second spot with 4,827 votes.
Labour’s Afifa Khanam followed with 3,970 votes, Lib Dem’s Ed Scotcher 3,047 and Conservative Niamh Heald with 1,414 votes.
In Kirkcaldy, David Torrance was elected MSP again with 12,230 votes. He was followed by Claire Baker (Labour) 7,483, Reform UK’s Julie MacDougall 5,484, Fraser Graham (Lib Dems) 1,607 and Conservative Heather Greig.
In North East Fife, Willie Rennie (Lib Dems) took a massive majority with 21,350 votes with the SNP’s John Beare securing 7,876 votes.
They were followed by William Docherty (Reform UK) with 2,524 votes, Edward Shearsby (Conservatives) who got 936 votes and Scottish Labour’s Elizabeth Carr-Ellis with 818 votes.
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