Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)

Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Scotland
Major settlementsBurntisland, Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly
Current constituency
Created2005 (as Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Member of ParliamentMelanie Ward (Scottish Labour)
Created fromKirkcaldy 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]