Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Cowdenbeath shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Annabelle Ewing |
| Council area | Fife |
Cowdenbeath is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Cowdenbeath was formerly part of the Dunfermline East constituency which was abolished in 2011.
The current Member is Annabelle Ewing of the Scottish National Party, elected at the 2016 following her defeat of Alex Rowley.
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
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