Glenrothes Central and Thornton (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

Glenrothes Central and Thornton is one of the 22 wards used to elect members of the Fife council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Ross Vettraino
(SNP)
Dave Cunningham
(SNP)
Ian Crichton
(Labour)
2012 Ian Sloane
(Labour)
2017 Vikki Wilton
(SNP)
Derek Noble
(Labour)
2022 Daniel Wilson
(SNP)
2025 Lynda Holton
(SNP)

Election results

2025 by-election

by-election (24 April 2025) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Lynda Holton 1,439 1,451 1,489 1,623
Labour Maciej Dokurno 649 674 753 878
Reform UK Ian Smith 541 591 652  
Liberal Democrats Ed Scotcher 207 257    
Conservative Fiona Leslie 185      
Electorate: 12,623   Valid: 3,021   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,511   Turnout: 24.2%  

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

2022 election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Ross Vettraino (incumbent) 34.1% 1,588          
Labour Derek Noble (incumbent) 27.9% 1,299          
SNP Daniel Wilson 14.6% 679 1,046.1 1,063.3 1,067.9 1,114.1 1,220.7
Conservative Heather Gulline 12.1% 561 566.3 585.9 607.8 620.3 631.8
Liberal Democrats Jane Kerr 3.9% 183 188.9 223.2 231.9 246.5 297.2
Scottish Green Morven Ovenstone-Jones 3.7% 170 180.1 191.5 207.8 221.9  
Alba Jim Bryce 2.2% 101 105.8 109 116.4    
Scottish Family Steve Saunders 1.5% 71 73.9 80.2      
Electorate: 12,021   Valid: 4,652   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 39.4%  

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2017 election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Ross Vetraino (incumbent) 28.1 1,362                  
SNP Vikki Wilton 16.5 799 927.6 938.07 943.07 989.06 995.2 1,023.4 1,066.7 1,081.6 1,166.2
Labour Derek Noble 15.5 750 752.3 754.3 761.5 774.8 796.9 836.9 1,370.6    
Conservative Brian Mills 14.8 716 717.3 719.3 721.3 729.3 764.3 803.3 837.8 866.8  
Labour Ian Sloan (incumbent) 13.7 663 668.4 674.7 686.7 694.8 713.8 740.3      
Independent Ian Crichton (incumbent) 3.1 151 151.9 169.9 214.2 230.3 257.4        
Liberal Democrats Jane Kerr 2.6 128 128.8 128.8 131.9 145.9          
Scottish Green Glen McGill 2.4 117 118.7 125.7 129.7            
Independent Ian Robertson 1.8 88 88.9 103.9              
Independent Bert Thomson 1.5 71 72.1                
Electorate: 12,044   Valid: 4,845   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 4,988 (41.4%)  

2012 election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Ross Vettraino (incumbent) 29.66 1,197            
Labour Ian Crichton (incumbent) 26.04 1,051            
Labour Ian Sloane 20.64 833 847.5 881.7 897.1 928.1 1,008.7 1,203.6
SNP Vikki Wilton 14.17 572 728.1 729.4 736.7 759.3 799.5  
Scottish Senior Citizens Jim Benvie 4.22 172 177.5 179.1 192.5 245.7    
Conservative Brian Mills 3.87 156 157.4 157.8 168.9      
Liberal Democrats Jane Kerr 1.36 55 55.8 56.3        
Electorate: 10,797   Valid: 4,036   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 4,112 (37.38%)  

2007 election

Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Dave Cunningham 1,825 34.6 1 1
Labour Ian Crichton 1,325 25.1 2 1
SNP Ross Vettraino 707 13.4 3 6
Labour John Mowbray 564 10.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Kerr 301 5.7
Independent Vina Bullimore 279 5.3
Conservative Jamie Drew 269 5.1

References

  1. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Fife Council. 5 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.