Falkirk East | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Falkirk |
Major settlements | Falkirk |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
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.
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.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1983 | Harry Ewing | Labour | |
1992 | Michael Connarty | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Ewing | 17,956 | 47.7 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Donald Masterton | 7,895 | 21.0 | -2.2 | |
SDP | Alexander Wedderburn | 6,967 | 18.5 | New | |
SNP | John McGregor | 4,490 | 11.9 | -9.9 | |
Communist | Fiona McGregor | 334 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 10,061 | 26.7 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,642 | 72.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Ewing | 21,379 | 54.2 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Brookes | 7,356 | 18.7 | −2.3 | |
SNP | Ronald Halliday | 6,056 | 15.4 | +3.5 | |
SDP | Elizabeth Dick | 4,624 | 11.7 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 14,023 | 35.5 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,415 | 75.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Michael Connarty | 18,423 | 46.1 | −8.1 | |
SNP | Ronald Halliday | 10,454 | 26.2 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Keith Harding | 8,279 | 20.7 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debra Storr | 2,775 | 6.9 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 7,969 | 19.9 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,931 | 76.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Michael Connarty | 23,344 | 56.1 | +10.0 | |
SNP | Keith Brown | 9,959 | 23.9 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Nicol | 5,813 | 14.0 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodger Spillane | 2,153 | 5.2 | -1.7 | |
Referendum | Sebastian Mowbray | 325 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 13,385 | 32.2 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,594 | 73.2 | -3.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Michael Connarty | 18,536 | 55.0 | −1.1 | |
SNP | Isobel Hutton | 7,824 | 23.2 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Bill Stevenson | 3,252 | 9.6 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Utting | 2,992 | 8.9 | +3.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Anthony Weir | 725 | 2.2 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Raymond Stead | 373 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Hugh Lynch | 490 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,712 | 31.8 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,702 | 58.5 | −14.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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