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Fife: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Fife Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000047.

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Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D council tax set by Fife for 2026–27: £1,573.70 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band
Fife: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
BandA year
A£1,049.13
B£1,223.99
C£1,398.84
D£1,573.70
E£2,067.67
F£2,557.26
G£3,081.83
H£3,855.57

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Fife reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

Fife: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£550.0 million
Culture and related services£60.0 million
Social work£371.6 million
Roads and transport£37.7 million
Road bridgesnone budgeted
Environmental services£51.6 million
Building, planning and development£14.8 million
Central services£29.0 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)£25.8 million
Trading services£345,000
Total net revenue expenditure£1,140.9 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Fife in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
374,760 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
44 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£23,257 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£644 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
16.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
3.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£179,134 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Female healthy life expectancy
59.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
58.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
8.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
83.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
131.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
9,195 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

75 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Scottish National Party (SNP) 34, Labour Party 18, Liberal Democrats 13, Conservative and Unionist 6, Reform UK 2, Independent / Other 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 75 councillors, by ward
  • Anne Marie Caldwell (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
  • John O'Brien (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
  • Ken Caldwell (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
  • Tom Adams (Labour Party) — Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
  • Julie MacDougall (Reform UK) — Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
  • Kathleen Leslie (Conservative and Unionist) — Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
  • Lesley Backhouse (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
  • Alex Campbell (Labour Party) — Cowdenbeath
  • Alie Bain (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cowdenbeath
  • Bailey-Lee Robb (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cowdenbeath
  • Darren Watt (Conservative and Unionist) — Cowdenbeath
  • John Caffrey (Liberal Democrats) — Cupar
  • Margaret Kennedy (Liberal Democrats) — Cupar
  • Stefan Hoggan (Independent / Other) — Cupar
  • Aude Boubaker-Calder (Liberal Democrats) — Dunfermline Central
  • Derek Glen (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dunfermline Central
  • Jean Muir (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dunfermline Central
  • Jim Leishman (Labour Party) — Dunfermline Central
  • Auxi Barrera (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dunfermline North
  • Gavin Ellis (Reform UK) — Dunfermline North
  • Gordon Pryde (Labour Party) — Dunfermline North
  • Cara Hilton (Labour Party) — Dunfermline South
  • James Calder (Liberal Democrats) — Dunfermline South
  • Lynn Ballantyne-Wardlaw (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dunfermline South
  • Naz Anis-Miah (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dunfermline South
  • Alycia Hayes (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Neuk and Landward
  • Fiona Corps (Liberal Democrats) — East Neuk and Landward
  • Sean Dillon (Liberal Democrats) — East Neuk and Landward
  • Daniel Wilson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes Central and Thornton
  • Derek Noble (Labour Party) — Glenrothes Central and Thornton
  • Lynda Holton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes Central and Thornton
  • Jan Wincott (Labour Party) — Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
  • John Beare (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
  • Lynn Mowatt (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
  • Peter Gulline (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
  • Altany Craik (Labour Party) — Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
  • Craig Walker (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
  • Zoe Hisbent (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
  • David MacDiarmid (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
  • Donald Lothian (Liberal Democrats) — Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
  • Gary Holt (Liberal Democrats) — Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
  • Dave Dempsey (Conservative and Unionist) — Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
  • David Barratt (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
  • Patrick Browne (Labour Party) — Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
  • Sarah Neal (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
  • Alistair Cameron (Labour Party) — Kirkcaldy Central
  • Blair Allan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kirkcaldy Central
  • Judy Hamilton (Labour Party) — Kirkcaldy Central
  • Ian Cameron (Labour Party) — Kirkcaldy East
  • Nicola Patrick (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kirkcaldy East
  • Rod Cavanagh (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kirkcaldy East
  • Carol Lindsay (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kirkcaldy North
  • David Ross (Labour Party) — Kirkcaldy North
  • James Leslie (Conservative and Unionist) — Kirkcaldy North
  • Alistair Suttie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Leven, Kennoway and Largo
  • Colin Davidson (Labour Party) — Leven, Kennoway and Largo
  • David Alexander (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Leven, Kennoway and Largo
  • Eugene Clarke (Liberal Democrats) — Leven, Kennoway and Largo
  • Lea McLelland (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
  • Linda Erskine (Labour Party) — Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
  • Mary Lockhart (Labour Party) — Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
  • Rosemary Liewald (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
  • Andrew Verrecchia (Labour Party) — Rosyth
  • Andy Jackson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Rosyth
  • Brian Goodall (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Rosyth
  • Al Clark (Liberal Democrats) — St Andrews
  • Ann Verner (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — St Andrews
  • Jane Ann Liston (Liberal Democrats) — St Andrews
  • Robin Lawson (Independent / Other) — St Andrews
  • Allan Knox (Liberal Democrats) — Tay Bridgehead
  • Jonny Tepp (Liberal Democrats) — Tay Bridgehead
  • Louise Kennedy-Dalby (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Tay Bridgehead
  • Conner Young (Conservative and Unionist) — West Fife and Coastal Villages
  • Karen Beaton (Labour Party) — West Fife and Coastal Villages
  • Sam Steele (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — West Fife and Coastal Villages

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.