Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ochil County constituency
Created:	1997
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Ochil was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005.

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Politics and history of the constituency 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 Martin O'Neill Labour

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

General Election 2001: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O'Neill	16,004	45.3
	Scottish National	Keith Brown	10,655	30.2
	Conservative	Alasdair Campbell	4,235	12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edie	3,253	9.2
	Scottish Socialist	Pauline Thomson	751	2.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Flash Gordon Approaching	405	1.1
Majority			5,349	15.2
Turnout			35,303	61.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1997: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O'Neill	19,707	45.01
	Scottish National	G Reid	15,055	34.38
	Conservative	A Hogarth	6,383	14.58
	Liberal Democrat	A Watters	2,262	5.17
	Referendum Party	D White	210	0.48
	Independent	I Macdonald	104	0.24
	Natural Law	M Sullivan	65	0.15
Majority			4,652	10.64
Turnout			43,786	77.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

[edit] References

• BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil
• University of Keele - Political Science Resources - Ochil

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs