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Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and West of Scotland regions and is connected with the Lothian region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.

Constituencies and council areas

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2011–present

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.{| class="wikitable"!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Map!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Constituency300px

1. Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
2. Cowdenbeath
3. Dunfermline
4. Kirkcaldy
5. Mid Fife and Glenrothes
6. North East Fife
7. Perthshire North
8. Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
9. Stirling

1999–2011

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time.Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921124603weblink |date=21 September 2007 }}. The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas,Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election. the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.{| class="wikitable"!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Map!bgcolor="#ff9999"|Constituency300px

1. Dunfermline Eastcovers a south-western portion of the Fife council area.
2. Dunfermline Westcovers a south-western area of the Fife council area, west of Dunfermline East.
3. Fife Centralcovers a central portion of the Fife council area.
4. Fife North Eastcovers a north-eastern portion of the Fife council area.
5. Kirkcaldycovers a southern portion of the Fife council area.
6. North Taysidecovers a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a northern portion of the Angus council area.
7. Ochilcovers the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area.
8. Perthcovers a central portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
9. Stirlingcovers most of the Stirling council area.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

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! Term! Election!colspan="2"|Dunfermline East!colspan="2"|Dunfermline West!colspan="2"|Ochil!colspan="2"|Fife Central!colspan="2"|Kirkcaldy!colspan="2"|Fife North East!colspan="2"|North Tayside!colspan="2"|Perth!colspan="2"|StirlingMembers of the 1st Scottish Parliament>1st1999 Scottish Parliament election>1999Helen Eadie(Labour)Scott Barrie(Labour)Richard Simpson (Scottish politician)>Richard Simpson(Labour)Henry McLeish(Scottish Labour>Labour)Marilyn Livingstone(Labour)Iain Smith (Scottish politician)(Scottish Liberal Democrats>LD)John Swinney(SNP)Roseanna Cunningham (SNP) Sylvia Jackson(Labour)Members of the 2nd Scottish Parliament>2nd2003 Scottish Parliament election>2003George Reid (Scottish politician)>George Reid{{nowrapScottish National Party>SNP)}}Christine May{{nowrap>(SNP)}}Members of the 3rd Scottish Parliament>3rd2007 Scottish Parliament election>2007Jim Tolson{{nowrap>(Lib Dem)}}Keith Brown (Scottish politician)>Keith Brown(SNP)Tricia Marwick{{nowrap>(SNP)}}Bruce Crawford{{nowrap>(SNP)}}! Term! Election!colspan="2"|Cowdenbeath!colspan="2"|Dunfermline!colspan="2"|Clackmannanshire and Dunblane!colspan="2"|Mid Fife and Glenrothes!colspan="2"|Kirkcaldy!colspan="2"|North East Fife!colspan="2"|Perthshire North!colspan="2"|Perthshire South and Kinross-shire!colspan="2"|Stirling4th2011 Helen Eadie(Labour) Bill Walker (SNP politician)(Scottish National Party>SNP)(later Independenet)Keith Brown (Scottish politician)(Scottish National Party>SNP)Tricia Marwick(SNP)David Torrance (politician)(Scottish National Party>SNP)Roderick Campbell(SNP)John Swinney(SNP)Roseanna Cunningham (SNP)Bruce Crawford{{nowrapScottish National Party>SNP)}}2013 Dunfermline by-election>2013 by Cara Hilton(Labour)2014 Cowdenbeath by-election>2014 byAlex Rowley(Scottish Labour>Labour)5th Scottish Parliament>5th2016 Scottish Parliament election>2016 Annabelle Ewing{{nowrapScottish National Party>SNP)}} Shirley-Anne Somerville{{nowrapScottish National Party>SNP)}} Jenny Gilruth{{nowrapScottish National Party>SNP)}} Willie Rennie{{nowrapScottish Liberal Democrats>Lib Dem)}}6th Scottish Parliament>6th2021 Scottish Parliament election>2021 Jim Fairlie (MSP){{nowrap>(SNP)}}Evelyn Tweed{{nowrap>(SNP)}}

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"! Term! Election(Replacement date)!colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP !colspan="2"| MSP 1st1999 Scottish Parliament election>1999–2003Bruce Crawford (SNP)Tricia Marwick(SNP)George Reid (Scottish politician)(Scottish National Party>SNP)Keith Raffan(Scottish Liberal Democrats>Lib Dem)Keith Harding(Scottish Conservatives>Conservative)Nick Johnston (politician)}}(Scottish Conservatives>Conservative)Brian Monteith(Conservative)|2001Murdo Fraser(Conservative)2nd2003 Scottish Parliament election>2003–07Mark Ruskell(Green)Ted Brocklebank(Conservative)|2005Andrew Arbuckle}}(Lib Dem)Members of the 3rd Scottish Parliament>3rd2007 Scottish Parliament election>2007–11Chris Harvie(Scottish National Party>SNP)John Park (politician)(Scottish Labour>Labour)Claire Brennan-Baker(Labour)Richard Simpson (Scottish politician)(Scottish Labour>Labour)Liz Smith (politician)(Scottish Conservatives>Conservative)4th2011–16Annabelle Ewing(SNP)Willie Rennie(Lib Dem)Jayne BaxterScottish Labour Party>Labour5th Scottish Parliament>5th2016 Scottish Parliament election>2016–21 Mark Ruskell(Green) Alex Rowley(Labour) Dean Lockhart(Conservative) Alexander Stewart (MSP)(Scottish Conservatives>Conservative) 6th2021 Scottish Parliament election>2021–|2022Roz McCall(Scottish Conservatives>Conservative)

Election results

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2021 Scottish Parliament election

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Additional member results

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2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (all constituency members)
• 4 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (constituency member)
• 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)

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2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (eight constituency members and one additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and three additional members)
• 2 Conservative MSP (both additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSPs (additional member)

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2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (five constituency members and one additional members)
• 5 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

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2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
• 1 Scottish Greens MSP (additional member)

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Additional member results{| classwikitable

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• Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
• Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005, and served the remainder of the term as an Independent MSP.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
• 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
• 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)

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• Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston, who had resigned from the Parliament on 10 August 2001 due to ill health. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.

Footnotes

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