Alloa and Grangemouth | |
---|---|
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Clackmannanshire, Perthshire, Falkirk |
Major settlements | Alloa, Clackmannan, Grangemouth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ochil and South Perthshire, Falkirk & Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Alloa and Grangemouth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency will comprise the following wards: [2]
In Clackmannanshire:
In Falkirk:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eva Comrie | ||||
Reform UK | Richard Fairley | ||||
Workers Party | Tom Flanagan | ||||
Labour | Brian Leishman | ||||
Alba | Kenny MacAskill | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian May | ||||
SNP | John Nicolson | ||||
Conservative | Rachel Nunn | ||||
Scottish Green | Nariese Whyte | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | 24,050 | 50.8 | |||
Conservative | 11,323 | 25.0 | |||
Labour | 6,622 | 14.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 2,426 | 5.4 | |||
Scottish Green | 678 | 1.5 | |||
Brexit Party | 177 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 12,727 | 28.1 | |||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||
Figures add up to 97.7%
Clackmannanshire, or the County of Clackmannan, is a historic county, council area, registration county and lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth and Kinross. In terms of historic counties it borders Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife.
Falkirk is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one of three parts of the Central region created in 1975, which was abolished at that time. Prior to the 1975 reorganisation, the majority of the council area was part of the historic county of Stirlingshire, and a small part, namely Bo'ness and Blackness, was part of the former county of West Lothian.
Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, 23+1⁄2 miles northwest of Edinburgh and 20+1⁄2 miles (33 km) northeast of Glasgow.
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.
Midland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was a bus operator formed in June 1985 as a subsidiary of the Scottish Bus Group, created from part of W. Alexander & Sons (Midland) Ltd. The company operated as Midland Scottish until 1991, when it was renamed Midland Bluebird in preparation for privatisation.
Stirling was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Ochil and South Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Linlithgow and East Falkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for use in the 2005 general election. It replaced most of Falkirk East and Linlithgow.
Clackmannan, is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of Tillicoultry. The town is within the county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, until Alloa overtook it in size and importance.
Central Scotland Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire. The headquarters of the force were at Randolphfield House in Stirling.
Falkirk East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Falkirk. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The Alloa Railway was intended to bridge the River Forth linking Alloa with the south without using a ferry.
The FK postcode area, also known as the Falkirk postcode area, is a group of 21 postcode districts in central Scotland, within 18 post towns. These cover most of the Falkirk council area, most of the Stirling council area and Clackmannanshire, plus small parts of Fife, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute.
The Stirlingshire Cup is an association football cup competition for clubs in the counties of Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire & Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The competition was founded in 1883 and is contested annually by senior member clubs of the Stirlingshire Football Association. The current champions are Stenhousemuir F.C. who defeated East Stirlingshire in the 2014–15 tournament final.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons. The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into law on 29 November 2023.
Gillian Audrey Mackay is a Scottish Green politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. She is the first Green MSP ever to be elected in Central Scotland.
On 22 May 2024, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the 2024 general election would be held on 4 July 2024. The election includes Scotland, with all 57 Scottish Westminster seats to be contested. 29 MPs are required for a Scottish Westminster majority - as per the most recent boundary review.
Dunfermline and Dollar is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
Scotland is covered by 57 constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. These constituencies are in use from the 2024 general election.