Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk East
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Falkirk East shown within the
Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Cathy Peattie
Party: Labour
Council area: Falkirk (part)

Falkirk East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].

The Holyrood constituency covers the north, south and eastern parts of the Falkirk council area. Falkirk East includes the towns of Grangemouth, Bo'ness, and part of Stenhousemuir. Towards the Forth are the villages of South Alloa, Airth, Letham, Carronshore, Carron, Skinflats and Blackness while further south lie the Lower and Upper Braes villages of Laurieston, Westquarter, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Brightons, Rumford, Maddiston, Whitecross, Standburn, California, Shieldhill, Slamannan, Avonbridge, Binniehill and Limerigg.

The rest of the Falkirk Council area, including most of the town of Falkirk, is covered by Falkirk West, which is also within the Central Scotland electoral region.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Cathy Peattie Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Falkirk East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathy Peattie 13,184 43.5 -8.2
Scottish National Party Annabelle Ewing 11,312 37.3 +9.8
Conservative Scott Campbell 3,701 12.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Natalie Maver 2,136 7.0 +1.0
Majority 1,872 6.2
Turnout 30,333 53.1 +4.1
Labour hold Swing -9.0
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Falkirk East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathy Peattie 14,235 51.65 +7.00
Scottish National Party Keith Brown 7,576 27.49 -5.40
Conservative Tom Calvert 2,720 9.87 +0.22
Liberal Democrats Karen Utting 1,651 5.99 -1.14
Scottish Socialist Mhairi McAlpine 1,377 5.00 +5.00
Majority 6,659 24.16 +12.41
Turnout 27,559 49.06 -12.35
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Falkirk East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathy Peattie 15,721 44.65 -11.47
Scottish National Party Keith Brown 11,582 32.89 +8.95
Conservative Alastair Orr 3,399 9.65 -4.33
Liberal Democrats Gordon Macdonald 2,509 7.13 +1.95
Socialist Labour Raymond Stead 1,643 4.67 +4.67
Majority 4,139 11.76 -20.42
Turnout 34,845
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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