Fife Council
Fife Council is the local authority for the Fife area of Scotland and is the third largest Scottish council by number of councillors, having 75 elected council members.
Fife Council | |
|---|---|
| Full council election every 5 years. | |
Coat of arms | |
Council logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | Unitary authority |
| Leadership | |
Provost | |
Leader | David Ross, Labour since 20 February 2014 |
Ken Gourlay since July 2023 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 |
SNP | 34 / 75 |
Labour | 20 / 75 |
Liberal Democrats | 13 / 75 |
Conservatives | 8 / 75 |
| Elections | |
| Single transferable vote | |
Last election | 5 May 2022 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Councillors make decisions at its regular council meetings, or at those of its nine other general committees (covering for example tourism and transportation, education, environment, housing, licensing etc.), two planning committees, and seven area committees.
The council has been under no overall control since 2003. Following the 2022 election the Scottish National Party were the largest group on the council, but a minority Labour administration was formed with informal support from the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
A Provost of Fife is elected from among the councillors every five years, who chairs the full council meetings and acts as ceremonial head of the council. The current Provost is former football manager Jim Leishman MBE, who was first elected to the post in May 2012 and subsequently re-elected in 2017 and 2022. Political leadership is provided by the leader of the council, with the current leader being Labour councillor David Ross, who has been leader since 2014, being co-leader with David Alexander of the SNP between 2017 and 2022 when he became sole leader again.