Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk West
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
FalkirkWest1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Falkirk West in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland Falkirk
1983–2005
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

Boundaries

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1983 Dennis Canavan Labour
1999 Independent
2000 by-election Eric Joyce Labour
2005 constituency abolished: see Falkirk

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Falkirk West [3] [4] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 16,668 45.6 −4.5
Conservative Iain Mitchell7,69021.0+0.3
Liberal Marshall Harris7,47720.4New
SNP Brian Cochrane4,73913.0−16.2
Majority 8,97824.6N/A
Turnout 36,57474.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Falkirk West [5] [6] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 20,256 52.6 +7.0
Conservative David Thomas6,70417.4−3.6
SNP Ian Goldie6,69617.4+4.4
Liberal Marshall Harris4,84112.6−7.8
Majority 13,55235.2+10.6
Turnout 38,49776.7+2.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Falkirk West [7] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 19,162 49.8 −2.8
SNP William Houston9,35024.3+6.9
Conservative Michael Macdonald7,55819.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Reilly2,4146.3−6.3
Majority 9,81225.5−9.7
Turnout 38,48476.8+0.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Falkirk West [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 22,772 59.3 +9.6
SNP David Alexander 8,98923.4−0.9
Conservative Carol Buchanan4,63912.1−7.6
Liberal Democrats Derek Houston1,9705.1−1.1
Majority 13,78335.9+10.4
Turnout 38,37072.0−4.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

By-election 2000: Falkirk West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Joyce 8,492 43.5 −15.8
SNP David Kerr7,78739.9+16.5
Conservative Craig Stevenson1,6218.3−3.8
Scottish Socialist Iain G. Hunter9895.1New
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 6153.1−2.0
Majority 7053.6−32.3
Turnout 19,50436.1−36.9
Labour hold Swing -16.2
General election 2001: Falkirk West [10] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Joyce 16,022 51.9 −7.4
SNP David Kerr7,49024.2+0.8
Conservative Simon Murray2,3217.5−4.6
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 2,2037.1+2.0
Independent Billy Buchanan1,4644.7New
Scottish Socialist Mhairi McAlpine7072.3N/A
Independent Hugh Lynch4901.6New
Socialist Labour Ronnie Forbes1940.6New
Majority 8,53227.7−8.2
Turnout 30,89157.1−14.9
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Falkirk West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. 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. ↑ "UK General Election results June 1983, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "UK General Election results June 1987, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Falkirk West". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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