 | 'Labour held on to the Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South seat on Fife Council.' The Scotsman, 12 th June 2004. |  |
| 'Labour held on to the Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South seat on Fife Council.' The Scotsman, 12 th June 2004. | |
There was a by-election for the Lumphinnans & Lochgelly South ward of Fife Council on the 10 th of June 2004 following the resignation of Cllr Grace Gray in April 2004.
Lumphinnans & Lochgelly South is in the new Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Westminster parliamentary seat (held since May 2005 by Labour's Gordon Brown MP) and in the Dunfermline East Scottish parliamentary seat (held by Labour Co-op's Helen Eadie MSP).
| 10 th June 2004 By election Turnout 37.6 % (- 4.3 %) | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Lowe |  |
Labour | 462 | 38.2 % | - 8.0 % |
| Joseph Patterson |  |
Scottish National Party | 319 | 26.3 % | (+ 26.3 %) |
| Ernest McPherson |  |
Independent | 297 | 24.5 % | - 16.4 % |
| Lorna Bett |  |
Scotish Socialist Party | 72 | 6.0 % | - 1.6 % |
| Timothy Storer |  |
Liberal Democrat | 24 | 2.0 % | - 0.6 % |
| Paul Callaghan |  |
Conservative | 19 | 1.6 % | - 1.2 % |
| James Parker |  |
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | 18 | 1.5 % | (+ 1.5 %) |
| Labour hold | |
Labour majority | 143 | 11.8 % | + 6.6 % |
| 1 st May 2003 Turnout 41.9 % (- 12.5 %) | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Gray | |
Labour | 634 | 46.2 % | + 0.0 % |
| Ernest McPherson | |
Independent | 562 | 40.9 % | + 11.2 % |
| Eileen Gilroy | |
Scotish Socialist Party | 104 | 7.6 % | (+ 7.6 %) |
| John Wilson | |
Conservative | 38 | 2.8 % | + 0.3 % |
| Kathleen MacNaughton | |
Liberal Democrat | 35 | 2.6 % | + 0.2 % |
| Labour hold | |
Labour majority | 72 | 5.2 % | - 11.2 % |
| 6 th May 1999 Turnout 54.2 % (+ %) | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William O'Sullivan | |
Labour | 867 | 46.1 % | - 15.5 % |
| Ernest McPherson | |
Independent | 558 | 29.7 % | - 4.8 % |
| Jacqueline Cooper | |
Scottish National Party | 363 | 19.3 % | (+ 19.3 %) |
| John Wilson | |
Conservative | 46 | 2.5 % | (+ 2.5 %) |
| Kathleen MacNaughton | |
Liberal Democrat | 45 | 2.4 % | - 1.4 % |
| Labour hold | |
Labour majority | 309 | 16.4 % | - 10.7 % |
| 6 th April 1995 Turnout 44.4 % | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Dow | |
Labour | 770 | 61.6 % | |
| Ernest McPherson | |
Independent | 431 | 34.5 % | |
| David Pool | |
Liberal Democrat | 48 | 3.8 % | |
| Labour win | |
Labour majority | 339 | 27.1 % | |
A BY-ELECTION for the Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South ward will be held on Thursday 10th June 2004.
The election Ð brought about by the recent resignation of Councillor Grace Gray Ð will take place at the same time as the European Elections from 7am to 10pm. Polling stations will be at Lochgelly South and Lumphinnans Primary Schools.
However, anyone wishing to vote by post rather than in person has until 5pm on Wednesday 2nd June to submit an application for a postal/proxy vote.
Postal voting application forms will be available from the following offices:-
Electoral Registration Officer, Kingdom House, Kingdom Avenue, Glenrothes Fife KY7 5LY
(Telephone 01592 413151) to whom all applications must be returned.
Lochgelly Local Office, Town House, High Street, Lochgelly KY5 9JN (01592 418195)
Lochgelly Library, 2 High Street, Lochgelly KY5 9JP
Cowdenbeath Local Office, Town House, 123 High Street, Cowdenbeath KY4 9QB (01383 313174)
Cowdenbeath Library, High Street, Cowdenbeath KY4 9QA
and on Fife's community website Fife Direct www.fifefdirect.org.uk
The results of the by-election for the Lumphinnans and Lochgelly South Fife Council ward By-Election held on Thursday 10th June are as follows:
Lorna E. Bett, 75 Navitie Park, Ballingry. - 72 (Scottish Socialist Party)
Paul John Callaghan, 22 Player Drive, Kingseat, Dunfermline. (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) - 19
Archibald Lowe, 10 Johnston Crescent, Lochgelly. - 462
(Scottish Labour Party Candidate)
Ernest McPherson, Easter Cartmore, Lochgelly. - 297
(Independent)
James Parker, 9 Banchory Green, Glenrothes. - 18
(Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party)
Joseph Paterson, 30 Abbotsford Road, Lochore.- 319
(Scottish National Party (SNP)
Timothy W. Storer, 58 Cardenden Road, Cardenden-24
(Scottish Liberal Democrats)
The poll was: 37.61 per cent.
For more information contact
Doreen Sim, Elections Administrator
Tel: 01592 416301 Fax: 01592 413807,700 3807 Contact Doreen Sim online
By Post: Fife Council, Fife House , North Street , Glenrothes , KY7 5LT
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