Dave Dempsey

Fife councillor for Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay

Dave Dempsey is the Scottish Conservative and Unionist councillor for Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay and is the leader of the Conservative Group on Fife Council.

I was born and grew up in Kirkcaldy and have lived in North Queensferry since 1987.

After a career in software engineering, I moved into local politics and have represented the Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay Ward since 2007. For most of that time I led the Conservative Group on Fife Council and I’ve chaired a number of the Council’s Committees, including, currently, the Standards, Audit & Risk Committee, the Pensions Committee and the Audit & Assurance Committee of the Health & Social Care Partnership Integration Joint Board (H&SCP IJB). I lead for the Group on matters relating to the H&SCP.

I am currently a Depute Provost of Fife.

I find that being a full-time councillor and political activist takes up a great deal the time I have but I’m still able to spend a bit of time indulging in recreational maths, listening to music, solving Killer Sudokus and feeding a tribe of demanding cats.

News

Councillor Calls for Cut in High Hedges Fee

Scottish Conservative Councillor for Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay, Dave Dempsey has called for a cut, ideally to zero, in the fee that Fife Council charges for an application under the High Hedges Act.Cllr Dempsey said “If your neighbour builds something that’s too high, Fife Council will investi

Cllr Dave Dempsey Elected as Fife Council Conservative Group Leader

Cllr Dave Dempsey, Conservative Councillor for the Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Ward, has been elected to fill the vacant post of Leader of the Fife Council Conservative Group.Cllr Dempsey said “I’m looking forward to resuming the role of Group leader, which I held for a number of years previously,