Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk East
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Falkirk East in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland Falkirk
Major settlements Falkirk
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Created from Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan and West Lothian [1]
Replaced by Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Falkirk

Falkirk East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely replaced by Linlithgow and East Falkirk, with some of its territory going to the new Falkirk constituency.

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Boundaries

1983–1997: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Bainsford, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.

1997–2005: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1983 Harry Ewing Labour
1992 Michael Connarty Labour
2005 constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Falkirk East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Ewing 17,956 47.7 −7.2
Conservative Donald Masterton7,89521.0−2.2
SDP Alexander Wedderburn6,96718.5New
SNP John McGregor4,49011.9−9.9
Communist Fiona McGregor3340.9New
Majority 10,06126.7−5.0
Turnout 37,64272.3
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Falkirk East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Ewing 21,379 54.2 +6.5
Conservative Kenneth Brookes7,35618.7−2.3
SNP Ronald Halliday6,05615.4+3.5
SDP Elizabeth Dick4,62411.7−6.8
Majority 14,02335.5+8.8
Turnout 39,41575.0+2.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Falkirk East [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael Connarty 18,423 46.1 −8.1
SNP Ronald Halliday10,45426.2+10.8
Conservative Keith Harding 8,27920.7+2.0
Liberal Democrats Debra Storr2,7756.9−4.8
Majority 7,96919.9−15.6
Turnout 39,93176.9+1.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1997: Falkirk East [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael Connarty 23,344 56.1 +10.0
SNP Keith Brown 9,95923.9−2.3
Conservative Malcolm Nicol5,81314.0−6.7
Liberal Democrats Rodger Spillane2,1535.2−1.7
Referendum Sebastian Mowbray3250.8New
Majority 13,38532.2+12.3
Turnout 41,59473.2−3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Falkirk East [9] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael Connarty 18,536 55.0 −1.1
SNP Isobel Hutton7,82423.2−0.7
Conservative Bill Stevenson3,2529.6−4.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Utting2,9928.9+3.7
Scottish Socialist Anthony Weir7252.2New
Socialist Labour Raymond Stead3731.1New
Majority 10,71231.8−0.4
Turnout 33,70257.9−14.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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References

  1. "'Falkirk East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  3. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "UK General Election results April 1992, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  7. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Falkirk East". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Falkirk East". news.bbc.co.uk.