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Falkirk West | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Falkirk |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan and Stirlingshire West [1] |
Replaced by | Falkirk |
Falkirk West was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Together with a portion of Falkirk East, it was replaced by Falkirk.
1983–1997: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Bonnybridge, Callendar, Carmuirs, Carronglen, Glenfuir, Grahamsdyke, Herbertshire, and Tryst.
1997–2005: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Bainsford, Bonnybridge, Callendar, Carmuirs, Carronglen, Glenfuir, Grahamsdyke, Herbertshire, and Tryst.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1983 | Dennis Canavan | Labour | |
1999 | Independent | ||
2000 by-election | Eric Joyce | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Falkirk |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Canavan | 16,668 | 45.6 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 7,690 | 21.0 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Marshall Harris | 7,477 | 20.4 | New | |
SNP | Brian Cochrane | 4,739 | 13.0 | -16.2 | |
Majority | 8,978 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,574 | 74.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Canavan | 20,256 | 52.6 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | David Thomas | 6,704 | 17.4 | −3.6 | |
SNP | Ian Goldie | 6,696 | 17.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Marshall Harris | 4,841 | 12.6 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 13,552 | 35.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,497 | 76.7 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Canavan | 19,162 | 49.8 | −2.8 | |
SNP | William Houston | 9,350 | 24.3 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Macdonald | 7,558 | 19.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Reilly | 2,414 | 6.3 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 9,812 | 25.5 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,484 | 76.8 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Canavan | 22,772 | 59.3 | +9.6 | |
SNP | David Alexander | 8,989 | 23.4 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Carol Buchanan | 4,639 | 12.1 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Houston | 1,970 | 5.1 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 13,783 | 35.9 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,370 | 72.0 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Joyce | 8,492 | 43.5 | −15.8 | |
SNP | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.9 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 1,621 | 8.3 | −3.8 | |
Scottish Socialist | Iain G. Hunter | 989 | 5.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh O'Donnell | 615 | 3.1 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 705 | 3.6 | -32.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,504 | 36.1 | −36.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Joyce | 16,022 | 51.9 | −7.4 | |
SNP | David Kerr | 7,490 | 24.2 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Murray | 2,321 | 7.5 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh O'Donnell | 2,203 | 7.1 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Billy Buchanan | 1,464 | 4.7 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Mhairi McAlpine | 707 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Hugh Lynch | 490 | 1.6 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Ronnie Forbes | 194 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,532 | 27.7 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,891 | 57.1 | −14.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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