Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency)
| Falkirk East | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Falkirk East in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| 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.
Boundaries
[edit]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
[edit]| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Harry Ewing | Labour | |
| 1992 | Michael Connarty | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "'Falkirk East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Falkirk East". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Falkirk East". news.bbc.co.uk.