Current MP
Current representation
Melanie Ward
Labour
Female
Previous MP: Neale Hanvey (Alba) - defeated 2024
Constituency view
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Scotland
Lab gain from SNP
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Labour18,662 - 45.7%
SNP11,414 - 28.0%
Conservative3,203 - 7.8%
Reform3,128 - 7.7%
Lib Dem1,593 - 3.9%
Green1,556 - 3.8%
Other1,258 - 3.1%
Demographics
Demographics
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
Ethnic composition
2021
White 96.0%White British 82.2%Asian 2.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%Other 0.6%
England & Wales (2021)
White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%
2011 data not available for this constituency.
2001 data not available for this constituency.
1991 data not available for this constituency.
Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.
Country of birth
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (2021)
UK 91.9%Other EU 4.6%Other countries 3.5%
England & Wales (2021)
UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%
2011 data not available for this topic.
2001 data not available for this topic.
1991 data not available for this topic.
Nearby seats
Constituencies around Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.
Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.