Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Current MP

Melanie Ward

Labour

Efficiency 4.3/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,171 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,894 local · 3,084,713 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants986 local · 720,772 total
• Call an immediate general election849 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act845 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers412 local · 427,447 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there370 local · 257,442 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable365 local · 109,063 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data327 local · 260,974 total
• Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women325 local · 161,788 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold322 local · 189,887 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 321 local · 281,794 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures291 local · 257,938 total
• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal266 local · 160,631 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only258 local · 195,930 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge253 local · 203,824 total
• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children242 local · 150,424 total
• New Disclosure and Safeguarding Mechanism for At-Risk Children230 local · 110,028 total
• Raise Bereavement Support Payment and extend beyond 18 months226 local · 108,080 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions219 local · 209,956 total

About Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Scotland and has a registered electorate of 71,845 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.