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	Type	County
	Year	1885
	Abolition	1974
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West Fife was a Parliamentary Constituency represented in the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974. It is famous for providing the Communist Party Of Great Britain with its longest serving Member of Parliament. Along with East Fife , it was formed by dividing the old Fife constituency.


BOUNDARIES


The constituency contained:

• the burghs of Culross , Leslie and Markinch


• the Districts of Dunfermline , Kirkcaldy and Lochgelly


• part of the District of Wemyss the remainder being in East Fife

From 1918 it consisted of "The Dunfermline County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except in so far as included in the Dunfermline District Of Burghs , together with so much of the Kirkcaldy County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, as is included neither in the Eastern Division nor in the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy Districts of Burghs."

For later changes see:

• the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats)(Scotland)(West Fife and Kirkcaldy Burghs) Order 1953; and


• the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (West Fife and Dunfermline Burghs) Order, 1960

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT



ELECTION RESULTS


Elections in the 1970s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 29,929   percentage 611

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate G McLaughlan   votes 12,837   percentage 262

party Scottish National Party   candidate J Halliday   votes 5,386   percentage 110

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate A D MacMillan   votes 855   percentage 17

votes 17,092   percentage 349

percentage 742

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 27,123   percentage 631

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate J B M Gall   votes 8,300   percentage 193

party Scottish National Party   candidate R R Patrick   votes 6,046   percentage 141   change ''N/A''

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate A D MacMillan   votes 1,542   percentage 36

votes 18,823   percentage 438

percentage 768

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 28,806   percentage 655

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate J B M Gall   votes 11,880   percentage 270

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Lauchlan   votes 3,273   percentage 75

votes 16,926   percentage 385

percentage 786

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 25,554   percentage 561

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Alick Buchanan-Smith   votes 11,257   percentage 247

party Fife Socialist League   candidate Lawrence Daly   votes 4,886   percentage 107   change ''N/A''

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Lauchlan   votes 3,828   percentage 84

votes 14,297   percentage 314

percentage 813

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 26,849   percentage 626

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Norman Wylie   votes 10,638   percentage 248

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Lauchlan   votes 5,389   percentage 126

votes 16,211   percentage 378

percentage 803

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 29,195   percentage 649

party National Liberal Party (UK)   candidate J P Fyfe   votes 11,038   percentage 246

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Lauchlan   votes 4,728   percentage 105

votes 18,157   percentage 404

percentage 856

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 23,576   percentage 548

party National Liberal Party (UK)   candidate P W N Fraser   votes 10,131   percentage 236

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Gallacher   votes 9,301   percentage 216

votes 13,445   percentage 312

percentage 849

winner Labour Party (UK)   loser Communist Party of Great Britain

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Gallacher   votes 17,636   percentage 421

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Willie Hamilton   votes 15,580   percentage 373

party National Liberal Party (UK)   candidate R S Stevenson   votes 8,597   percentage 206

votes 2,056   percentage 48

percentage 754

winner Communist Party of Great Britain

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Gallacher   votes 13,462   percentage 374

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 12,869   percentage 357

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Charles Black Milne   votes 9,667   percentage 269

votes 593   percentage 17

percentage 778

winner Communist Party of Great Britain   loser Conservative Party (UK)

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Charles Black Milne   votes 12,997   percentage 421

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 11,063   percentage 358

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Gallacher   votes 6,829   percentage 221

votes 1,914   percentage 63

percentage 714

winner Conservative Party (UK)   loser Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 17,668   percentage 600

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate William Gallacher   votes 6,040   percentage 205

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate A B Brown   votes 5,727   percentage 195

votes 11,628   percentage 395

votes 29,435   percentage 697   change +67

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 14,685   percentage 709

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate J MacRobert   votes 6,015   percentage 291

votes 8,670   percentage 418

votes 20,700   percentage 630   change +56

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 12,204   percentage 654

party Independent Labour   candidate P Hodge   votes 6,459   percentage 346

votes 5,745   percentage 308

votes 18,663   percentage 574   change +92

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 10,664   percentage 726

party Coalition Conservative   candidate J H Menzies   votes 4,020   percentage 274

votes 6,644   percentage 452

votes 14,684   percentage 482   change -132

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 6,128   percentage 530

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate John Deans Hope   votes 5,425   percentage 470

votes 703   percentage 60

votes 11,553   percentage 614   change -117

winner Labour Party (UK)   loser Liberal Party (UK)

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate John Deans Hope   votes 6,159   percentage 478

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate William Adamson   votes 4,736   percentage 377

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate G W Ralston   votes 1,994   percentage 155

votes 1,423   percentage 111

votes 12,889   percentage 731   change +177

winner Liberal Party (UK)

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate John Deans Hope   votes 6,692   percentage 790

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Nelson B Constable WS   votes 1,776   percentage 210

votes 4,916   percentage 580

votes 8,468   percentage 554   change -46

winner Liberal Party (UK)

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate John Deans Hope   votes 4,352   percentage 647

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate G W Ralston   votes 2,374   percentage 353

votes 1,978   percentage 294

votes 6,726   percentage 600   change -122

winner Liberal Party (UK)

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate Augustine Birrell   votes 4,719   percentage 614

party Liberal Unionist   candidate R G E Wemyss   votes 2,965   percentage 386

votes 1,754   percentage 228

votes 7,684   percentage 722   change +23

winner Liberal Party (UK)

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate Augustine Birrell   votes 5,215   percentage 762

party Liberal Unionist   candidate R Yellowlees   votes 1,633   percentage 238

votes 3,582   percentage 524

votes 6,848   percentage 699   change -17

winner Liberal Party (UK)

title Fife West By-election, 1889

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate Augustine Birrell   votes 3,551   percentage 563

party Liberal Unionist   candidate R G E Wemyss   votes 2,758   percentage 437

votes 793   percentage 126

votes 6,309   percentage 716

winner Liberal Party (UK)