Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ochil
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Ochil1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Ochil in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
19972005
SeatsOne
Created from Clackmannan
Replaced by Ochil & South Perthshire
Stirling

Ochil was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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It replaced the former constituency of Clackmannan. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. A western portion was merged into Stirling.

Boundaries

Clackmannan District, the Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey and Cairseland, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral division of Kinross.

The constituency included Alloa, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry, Dollar and Kinross. It covered Clackmannanshire and small portions of Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross.[ citation needed ]

Members of Parliament

ElectedMember [1] Party
1997 Martin O'Neill Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Ochil [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 16,004 45.3 +0.3
SNP Keith Brown10,65530.2−4.2
Conservative Alasdair Campbell4,23512.0−2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Edie3,2539.2+4.0
Scottish Socialist Pauline Thomson7512.1New
Monster Raving Loony Flash Gordon Approaching4051.1New
Majority 5,34915.1+4.5
Turnout 35,30361.3−16.1
Labour hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ochil [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 19,707 45.0
SNP George Reid 15,05534.4
Conservative Allan J.M. Hogarth6,38314.6
Liberal Democrats Ann M. Watters2,2625.2
Referendum Derek H.F. White2100.5
Democratic NationalistIan D. Macdonald1040.2
Natural Law Mike S. Sullivan650.1
Majority 4,65210.6
Turnout 43,78677.4
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
  2. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil
  4. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil