Dunfermline & West Fife by-election

The Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, following the death of Labour MP Rachel Squire, will be held on Thursday, 9 February.

It will be Scotland's second by-election this parliamentary session.

The turnout for Dunfermline and Fife West at the last general election was 59.90%.

The results were:
Rachel Squire (Lab) 20,111 (47.44%);
David Herbert (Lib Dem) 8,549 (20.17%);
Douglas Chapman (SNP) 8,026 (18.93%);
Roger Smillie (C) 4,376 (10.32%);
Susan Archibald (Scottish Socialist Party) 689 (1.63%)
and Ian Borland (UKIP) 643 (1.52%).