Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 (as Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) |
Member of Parliament | Melanie Ward (Scottish Labour) |
Created from | Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline East |
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was previously represented by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2005 until 2015, who had been MP for the Dunfermline East constituency from 1983–2005 until boundary changes. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 and as UK Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010.
Prior to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat had different boundaries and was known as Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.[1]