Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Falkirk West | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Falkirk |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Number of members | One |
| 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.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Dennis Canavan | Labour | |
| 1999 | Independent | ||
| 2000 by-election | Eric Joyce | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Falkirk | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1983: Falkirk West[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 16,668 | 45.57 | N/A | |
| Conservative | I. Mitchell | 7,690 | 21.03 | N/A | |
| Liberal | M. Harris | 7,477 | 20.44 | N/A | |
| SNP | B. Cochrane | 4,739 | 12.96 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,978 | 24.55 | |||
| Turnout | 74.03 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Falkirk West[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 20,256 | 52.62 | +7.05 | |
| Conservative | D. Thomas | 6,704 | 17.41 | −3.62 | |
| SNP | I. Goldie | 6,696 | 17.39 | +4.43 | |
| Liberal | M. Harris | 4,841 | 12.58 | −7.86 | |
| Majority | 13,552 | 35.20 | +10.65 | ||
| Turnout | 76.65 | +2.62 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Falkirk West[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 19,162 | 49.79 | −2.83 | |
| SNP | W. Houston | 9,350 | 24.30 | +6.91 | |
| Conservative | M. Macdonald | 7,558 | 19.64 | +2.23 | |
| Liberal Democrat | M. Reilly | 2,414 | 6.27 | −6.31 | |
| Majority | 9,812 | 25.50 | −9.70 | ||
| Turnout | 76.77 | +0.12 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Falkirk West[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 22,772 | 59.35 | +9.56 | |
| SNP | David Alexander | 8,989 | 23.43 | −0.87 | |
| Conservative | Carol Buchanan | 4,639 | 12.09 | −7.55 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Derek Houston | 1,970 | 5.13 | −1.14 | |
| Majority | 13783 | 35.92 | +10.42 | ||
| Turnout | 38370 | 71.98 | −4.79 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| Falkirk West by-election, 2000[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 8,492 | 43.54 | −15.9 | |
| SNP | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.93 | +16.5 | |
| Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 1,621 | 8.31 | −3.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Iain Hunter | 989 | 5.07 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Hugh O'Donnell | 615 | 3.15 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 705 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 19,504 | 36.1 | -36.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Falkirk West[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 16,022 | 51.9 | -7.5 | |
| SNP | David Kerr | 7,490 | 24.2 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Simon Murray | 2,321 | 7.5 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Hugh O'Donnell | 2,203 | 7.1 | +2.0 | |
| Independent (politician) | Billy Buchanan | 1,464 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mhairi McAlpine | 707 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Hugh Lynch | 490 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Ronnie Forbes | 194 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,532 | 27.7 | |||
| Turnout | 30,891 | 57.1 | -15.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F" [self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1983, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1987, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ a b c "Falkirk West". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/621.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
