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Coordinates: 56°11N 3°05W / 56.18°N 3.09°W / 56.18; -3.09
 

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56°11′N 3°05′W / 56.18°N 3.09°W / 56.18; -3.09

Kirkcaldy
District

Kirkcaldy Town House

Kirkcaldy district within Scotland
Population
 • 1994148,450
History
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded by(Part of) Fife
GovernmentKirkcaldy District Council
 • HQKirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain, Scots: Dunfaurlin) was a local government district in the Fife regionofScotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was named after the town of Kirkcaldy but also covered a wider area, including the Fife regional capital of Glenrothes.[1]

History

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As its name suggests, the district (one of three in the Fife region, along with Dunfermline and North-East Fife) was centred around the town of Kirkcaldy, an important royal burgh in the historic countyofFife, although its boundaries extended some way beyond the town. The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Kirkcaldy was one of three districts created within the region of Fife along with Dunfermline and North-East Fife. The district covered the whole area of nine former districts and part of two others from the historic county of Fife, which were all abolished at the same time:[2]

Apart from the main built-up area of Kirkcaldy itself, the district therefore encompassed the Levenmouth conurbation, coastal villages such as Burntisland, mining communities including Cardenden, and the expanding new townofGlenrothes which was chosen as the regional capital for Fife and had its own Development Corporation, but was required to seek agreement with the District Council at Kirkcaldy (essentially the rival town) for matters at local level, a situation which frequently caused tensions between the administrations.[3] It had the sixth-largest population of the 53 districts of the era. Other than its two Fife neighbours to the north and south and the North Sea to the east, Kirkcaldy had a short western border with Perth and Kinross district in the Tayside region.

In 1996 Scotland's districts and regions were abolished under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Fife became a single unitary council area, headquartered in Glenrothes as the regional council had also been.[4] Similar boundaries as those of Kirkcaldy district have since been re-used as 'Mid Fife' or 'Central Fife' for some purposes such as local economic planning and policing,[5] although Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy are often split into separate controlling entities owing to their size, with settlements further west around Cowdenbeath incorporated to increase the populations if required, as in the Scottish Parliamentary constituencies.[6][7]

Political control

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The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Political control of the council from 1975 was as follows:[8]

Party in control Years
Labour 1975–1977
No overall control 1977–1980
Labour 1980–1996

Premises

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The council was based at Kirkcaldy Town House at 2 Wemyssfield in Kirkcaldy, which had been completed in 1956 for the former Kirkcaldy Town Council.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kirkcaldy". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  • ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 20 February 2023
  • ^ Crow, Allan (11 July 2019). "Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes: Fife's occasionally uneasy neighbours". Fife Today. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  • ^ "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 39, retrieved 17 February 2023
  • ^ Your community: Central Fife, Police Service of Scotland
  • ^ Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Kingdom FM
  • ^ Kirkcaldy, Kingdom FM
  • ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  • ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wemyssfield, Town House with Provost's Lamps and Boundary Walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB36387)". Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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