Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

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Current MP

Name: Melanie Ward
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 29.0%; Ref: 28.0%; Lab: 24.0%
YouGov September 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 27.0%; SNP: 25.0%; Ref: 23.0%
More in Common September 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 25.0%; Ref: 23.0%; SNP: 22.0%
More in Common July 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 33.0%; Lab: 31.0%; Ref: 18.0%; Cons: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 34.0%; SNP: 30.0%; Ref: 16.0%
YouGov June 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 27.0%; SNP: 26.0%; Ref: 22.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 32.0%; SNP: 30.0%; Ref: 17.0%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: Lab: 25.0%; SNP: 25.0%; Ref: 18.0%; Cons: 17.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 31.0%; SNP: 31.0%; Ref: 15.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 31.0%; SNP: 30.0%; Ref: 14.0%; Cons: 11.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Lean SNP	Victory chances: SNP: 51.6%; Lab: 47.0%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 7248 (17.75%)
Turnout: 56.81%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Melanie Ward	Labour Party	18662
Lesley Backhouse	Scottish National Party (SNP)	11414
Jonny Gray	Conservative and Unionist Party	3203
Sonia Davidson	Reform UK	3128
Fraser Graham	Liberal Democrats	1593
Mags Hall	Scottish Green Party	1556
Neale Hanvey	Alba Party	1132
Caz Paul	Scottish Libertarian Party	126

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Scottish Nationalist
Majority: 3220 (6.82%)
Turnout: 67%

Party	Votes
Scottish Nationalist	17122
Labour	13902
Conservative	10482
Liberal Democrats	3048
Green	1655
Reform UK	939