Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)

E10473

UK Parliament constituency Westminster parliamentary constituency in Scotland

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centred on the town of Glenrothes in Fife.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) canonical	4
Glenrothes and Central Fife (former UK Parliament constituency)	1
distinct from Glenrothes constituency of the Scottish Parliament	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK Parliament constituency ⓘ Westminster parliamentary constituency in Scotland ⓘ
boundaryReviewCreatedBy	Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
byElectionHeld	2008 Glenrothes by-election ⓘ
byElectionReason	death of sitting MP John MacDougall ⓘ
centeredOn	Glenrothes ⓘ
containsArea	Methil ⓘ surface form: Levenmouth parts of the Howe of Fife ⓘ
containsTown	Buckhaven ⓘ Glenrothes ⓘ Leslie ⓘ Leven ⓘ Markinch ⓘ Methil ⓘ
containsWard	Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages ⓘ Glenrothes ⓘ surface form: Glenrothes Central and Thornton Glenrothes ⓘ surface form: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch Glenrothes ⓘ surface form: Glenrothes West and Kinglassie Leven, Kennoway and Largo ⓘ parts of The Howe of Fife and Tay Coast ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
created	2005 ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects	one Member of Parliament ⓘ
firstElectionHeld	2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governingCouncilArea	Fife Council ⓘ
hasConstituencyType	county constituency (post-2005 classification) ⓘ
hasDevolutionContext	Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: distinct from Glenrothes constituency of the Scottish Parliament
hasElectorateType	burgh and semi-urban ⓘ
hasFormerMP	John MacDougall ⓘ Lindsay Roy ⓘ
hasFormerMPParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
hasMainEconomicProfile	public sector employment and light industry ⓘ
hasMainSettlement	Glenrothes ⓘ
hasMP	Peter Grant ⓘ
hasMPParty	Scottish National Party ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	KY ⓘ
locatedIn	Fife ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
mapsToScottishParliamentRegion	Mid Scotland and Fife ⓘ
namedAfter	Glenrothes ⓘ
parliament	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previouslyPartOf	Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
region	Scotland ⓘ
representedIn	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
represents	electors in central Fife ⓘ
typicalPoliticalLean	Labour-leaning prior to 2015 ⓘ SNP-leaning since 2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glenrothes → parliamentaryConstituencyUK → Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → hasDevolutionContext → Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: distinct from Glenrothes constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Markinch → representedInParliament → Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) → succeededBy → Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

Fife constituencies → hasPart → Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes and Central Fife (former UK Parliament constituency)