Glenrothes and Mid Fife covers a broad part of central Fife and is centred on the new town of Glenrothes. It also includes nearby former mining and industrial communities together with villages and smaller towns across mid-Fife. Glenrothes is the principal administrative and commercial centre, with a planned layout of residential neighbourhoods, employment areas and green spaces. Beyond the town, settlement becomes more dispersed, with former coalfield communities separated by farmland and wooded areas. Road links connect the constituency with Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline, Dundee and the wider central Scotland network. The seat therefore combines a substantial twentieth-century town with a varied hinterland of older communities and countryside.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Glenrothes and Mid Fife, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population93,722
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationScotland
Age profile
0 to 1719.7% · 18,434 people
18 to 247.5% · 7,022 people
25 to 3411.4% · 10,709 people
35 to 4918.0% · 16,870 people
50 to 6421.7% · 20,327 people
65 and over21.7% · 20,360 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
42,864 householdsCensus 2022
Home owners59.2% · 25,388 households
Private renters9.8% · 4,221 households
Social renters29.4% · 12,596 households
Other tenure1.5% · 659 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
42,859 householdsCensus 2022
One-person households36.1% · 15,487 households
Families with dependent children24.6% · 10,557 households
Other single-family households37.1% · 15,885 households
Other household types2.2% · 930 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
92,662 people in the source baseCensus 2022Source comparison: Scotland
Day-to-day activities limited a lot14.1% · 13,032 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little15.6% · 14,485 people
Non-disabled70.3% · 65,145 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 23 September 2026
Require NHS to offer routine third trimester pregnancy ultrasound scan
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded47
Total awarded£2,398,882
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 5 June 2026
Bowhill Highland Games
Bowhill Highland Games
£5,175
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use the funding to host a Highland Games bringing together four neighbouring villages around Bowhill.
National Lottery grantAwarded 5 June 2026
Wellesley Parish Church Centre
Wellesley Parish Church of Scotland
£10,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use the funding over two years to continue their community outreach programmes in the highly impoverished areas of Methil.
National Lottery grantAwarded 4 June 2026
Creating Connection & Empowering Families to Thrive
Muirhead Outreach Project Ltd
£165,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use funding to continue providing early intervention for families going through challenging times supporting them to build a foundation strengthening their family bonds and helping to regulate and repair any familial breakdown.
National Lottery grantAwarded 15 May 2026
Lochgelly Band Hall - from rehearsal hall to community hub!
Lochgelly Band
£19,500
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use the funding to complete an improvements to their community hub. In addition the group will continue their well attended 'warm spaces' outreach programme.
National Lottery grantAwarded 8 May 2026
Buckhaven Centre Activities
Buckhaven Community Centre
£19,110
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use the funding over two year to continue their community outreach programme in Leven.
42 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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