Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk County constituency
Falkirk shown within Scotland
Created:	1832, 2005
MP:	Eric Joyce
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Falkirk
EP constituency:	Scotland

Falkirk is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Falkirk West and part of Falkirk East.

The constituency covers most of the Falkirk council area, and is dominated by the town of Falkirk.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Falkirk has been joined by the various sized towns and villages of its council area in this new seat, including Bonnybridge, Polmont and Larbert. A south eastern arm of the seat curls around Grangemouth. The seat sits to the south of the River Forth.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This seat was formed from Falkirk West and much of Falkirk East.

Falkirk East

• 1992 - 2005: Michael Connarty, Labour

Falkirk West

• 1983 - 2000: Dennis Canavan, Labour then Independent.
• 2000 - 2005: Eric Joyce, Labour

Falkirk

• 2005 - present: Eric Joyce, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Falkirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Joyce	23,264	50.9%	-2.9
	Scottish National Party	Laura Love	9,789	21.4%	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Chomczuk	7,321	16.0%	+9.2
	Conservative	David Potts	4,538	9.9%	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Danny Quinlan	838	1.8%	-0.5
Majority			13,475	29.5%
Turnout			45,750	59.6	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

General Election 2001: Falkirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Joyce	16,022	51.9	-7.5
	Scottish National Party	David Kerr	7,490	24.2	+0.8
	Conservative	Simon Murray	2,321	7.5	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	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] See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)