Scottish Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 276
Local Government
The Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016
Made 13th September 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th September 2016
Coming into force 30th September 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and all other powers enabling them to do so. This Order gives effect to proposals submitted to them on 26th May 2016 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of Fife Council.
1973 c.65. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

Citation, commencement and application
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016 and comes into force on 30th September 2016.
(2) This Order applies only for the purposes of an election to be held on or after 4th May 2017.

Interpretation
2. In this Order—
(a) a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(b) “the deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROM—
(i) entitled “Fife (Electoral Arrangements) 2016”; and
(ii) deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.

Electoral arrangements
3. (1) The area of Fife Council is divided into 22 electoral wards.
(2) The number and name of an electoral ward is as specified in the entry in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the schedule of this Order.
(3) The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the entry in column 3 of the schedule of this Order corresponding to that electoral ward.
(4) The boundaries of the electoral wards are as described by the deposited data.
JOE FITZPATRICK
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th September 2016

SCHEDULE ELECTORAL WARDS
Article 3
Column 1 Number of electoral ward	Column 2 Name of electoral ward	Column 3 Number of councillors to be returned
1	West Fife and Coastal Villages	3
2	Dunfermline North	3
3	Dunfermline Central	4
4	Dunfermline South	4
5	Rosyth	3
6	Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay	4
7	Cowdenbeath	4
8	Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty	4
9	Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy	3
10	Kirkcaldy North	3
11	Kirkcaldy Central	3
12	Kirkcaldy East	3
13	Glenrothes West and Kinglassie	3
14	Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	4
15	Glenrothes Central and Thornton	3
16	Howe of Fife and Tay Coast	3
17	Tay Bridgehead	3
18	St Andrews	4
19	East Neuk and Landward	3
20	Cupar	3
21	Leven, Kennoway and Largo	4
22	Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	4

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Fife Council. The area of Fife Council is divided into 22 electoral wards as described in the schedule of the Order. This Order applies only for the purposes of an election to be held on or after 4th May 2017.
The Order describes the boundaries of the new electoral wards by means of data stored on a DVD-ROM. Copies of the DVD-ROM are to be deposited with, and maps of the boundaries of the electoral wards are available (in hard copy or on-line) from, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland and Fife Council.