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In a February 1944 by-election Thomas Hubbard won Kirkcaldy (known as Kirkcaldy Burghs from its creation in 1832 until 1974) for Labour. Harry Gourlay succeeded Hubbard in 1959 and served as MP until his retirement in 1987. In the 1983 boundary changes Kirkcaldy lost parts of Buckhaven and all of Methil to Central Fife. However, the changes made no difference to Labour's position. Dr Lewis Moonie was first elected in 1987, and held this seat for Labour with impressive majorities until his retirement in 2005.

In 2005 the southern Fife constituencies were redrawn. The vast majority of Kirkcaldy voters found themselves in the new Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath division, where Lewis Moonie made way for Gordon Brown, whose Dunfermline East seat was abolished at Westminster. Gordon Brown was returned in 2005 as he achieved a majority of 18,216.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.

This Fife constituency has a long coastline along the Firth of Forth but tourism comes a poor second to large-scale industry, despite the decline of coal-mining and linoleum manufacturing. Kirkcaldy, Burntisland and Kinghorn attract some leisure and pleasure seekers, but Kirkcaldy itself could not be classed as a resort, being industrialised and largely working-class.

Coastal Kirkcaldy, nicknamed the Lang Toun, occupies a long arc on the north of the Firth. It is Fife's largest town and grew to prosperity through the Victorian boom in the textile, linoleum and coal indus

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BBC Profile:
In a February 1944 by-election Thomas Hubbard won Kirkcaldy (known as Kirkcaldy Burghs from its creation in 1832 until 1974) for Labour. Harry Gourlay succeeded Hubbard in 1959 and served as MP until his retirement in 1987. In the 1983 boundary changes Kirkcaldy lost parts of Buckhaven and all of Methil to Central Fife. However, the changes made no difference to Labour's position. Dr Lewis Moonie was first elected in 1987, and held this seat for Labour with impressive majorities until his retirement in 2005.

In 2005 the southern Fife constituencies were redrawn. The vast majority of Kirkcaldy voters found themselves in the new Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath division, where Lewis Moonie made way for Gordon Brown, whose Dunfermline East seat was abolished at Westminster. Gordon Brown was returned in 2005 as he achieved a majority of 18,216.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.

This Fife constituency has a long coastline along the Firth of Forth but tourism comes a poor second to large-scale industry, despite the decline of coal-mining and linoleum manufacturing. Kirkcaldy, Burntisland and Kinghorn attract some leisure and pleasure seekers, but Kirkcaldy itself could not be classed as a resort, being industrialised and largely working-class.

Coastal Kirkcaldy, nicknamed the Lang Toun, occupies a long arc on the north of the Firth. It is Fife's largest town and grew to prosperity through the Victorian boom in the textile, linoleum and coal industries. The home of Raith Rovers Football Club, the town of Kirkcaldy is also the birthplace of the architect Robert Adam and the economist Adam Smith.

Cowdenbeath grew as a mining town in the late 19th Century. Most industry is now located on three industrial estates around the town.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes

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