Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
Alba Party MP Neale Hanvey holds the seat.
1 Jun 2026
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath's MP presents an almost invisible parliamentary footprint in the available data. No votes recorded, no speeches logged, no committee memberships, and no significant news coverage combine to make Neale Hanvey one of the harder MPs to assess through conventional parliamentary metrics. Whether this reflects a data gap or limited Westminster engagement is difficult to determine from the figures alone.
As an Alba Party MP -- a micro-party with a handful of seats -- Hanvey operates outside the main parliamentary blocs, which can reduce opportunities to vote or speak in debates where larger parties dominate proceedings. Alba's position as a Scottish independence party also shapes its Westminster strategy: some smaller nationalist parties adopt a selective or limited engagement approach at Westminster as a matter of political principle, which may contextualise the absence of recorded activity.
It is worth noting the constituency listed -- Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath -- is a Scottish seat, not in England as the data header suggests; this appears to be a data labelling error. Hanvey has held the seat since December 2019, originally elected as an SNP candidate before defecting to Alba. Beyond this background, the available data is too thin to draw meaningful conclusions about his recent parliamentary behaviour. Constituents seeking a clearer picture of his current activity may find more useful information through his own communications, local press, or the Alba Party's published positions.
2019 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neale HanveyWON | SNP | 16,568 | 35.3 |
| Lesley Laird | Lab | 15,325 | 32.6 |
| Kathleen Leslie | Con | 9,449 | 20.1 |
| Gill Cole-Hamilton | LD | 2,903 | 6.2 |
| Scott Rutherford | Grn | 1,628 | 3.5 |
| Mitch William | Ind | 1,132 | 2.4 |
Turnout 47,005
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Lesley Laird | Lab | 36.8 |
| 2015 | Roger Mullin | SNP | 52.2 |
| 2010 | Brown, Gordon | Lab | 64.5 |
Sources, methods & last update
2010 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo