UK general elections › 2017 › Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath — 2017
Lesley Laird (Labour Party) was elected with 17,016 votes— 36.8% of 46,193 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 36.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,193
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesley Laird | Labour Party | 17,016 | 36.8% | −13.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Roger Mullin | Scottish National Party | 16,757 | 36.3% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Dempsey | Conservative Party | 10,762 | 23.3% | — | |
| 4 | Malcolm Wood | Liberal Democrats | 1,118 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | David Coburn | UK Independence Party | 540 | 1.2% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.