West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

West Fife
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandFife
18851974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created fromFife
Replaced byCentral Fife,
Dunfermline,
Kirkcaldy[1]

West Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1974. Along with East Fife, it was formed by dividing the old Fife constituency.

Willie Gallacher of the Communist Party of Great Britain is notable as the longest-serving Member of Parliament (from 1935 to 1950) and the last MP in Parliament (until 1950) for the party.

  1. ^ Statutory Instrument 1970 No. 1680 (section Part II) The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970