UK general elections › 2019 › Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath — 2019
Neale Hanvey (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,568 votes— 35.2% of 47,005 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. 35.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,005
| 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 | Neale Hanvey | Scottish National Party | 16,568 | 35.2% | −14.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lesley Laird | Labour Party | 15,325 | 32.6% | — | |
| 3 | Kathleen Leslie | Conservative Party | 9,449 | 20.1% | — | |
| 4 | Gill Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrats | 2,903 | 6.2% | — | |
| 5 | Scott Rutherford | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,628 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Mitch William | The Brexit Party | 1,132 | 2.4% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.