Members of Parliament
The MP since the seat's creation has been former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. He previously represented Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005.
Following the 2010 UK general election, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister, but confirmed that he would not be resigning as MP and continues to serve the Opposition as a Labour backbencher.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Gordon Brown | Labour | |
Read more about this topic: Kirkcaldy And Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the words members of, members and/or parliament:
“Safe in their Alabaster Chambers—
Untouched by Morning
And untouched by Noon—
Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“The members of a body-politic call it “the state” when it is passive, “the sovereign” when it is active, and a “power” when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title “people,” and they refer to one another individually as “citizens” when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as “subjects” when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body.... It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper.”
—John Pym (1584–1643)