Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Falkirk West County constituency |
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| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
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 | Party | |
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| 1983 | Dennis Canavan | Labour | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1992 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 1999 | Independent | ||
| 2000 by-election | Eric Joyce | Labour | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Falkirk | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
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[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Falkirk West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 19,162 | |||
| Scottish National Party | W. Houston | 9,350 | |||
| Conservative | M. Macdonald | 7,558 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | M. Reilly | 2,414 | |||
| Majority | 9,812 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.77 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Falkirk West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Canavan | 22,772 | 59.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party | David Alexander | 8,989 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Buchanan | 4,639 | 12.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Derek Houston | 1,970 | 5.1 | ||
| Majority | 13783 | 35.9 | |||
| Turnout | 38370 | 72.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| Falkirk West by-election, 2000 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 8,492 | 43.5 | −15.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.9 | +16.5 | |
| Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 1,621 | 8.3 | −3.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Iain Hunter | 989 | 5.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Hugh O'Donnell | 615 | 3.2 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 705 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 19,504 | 36.1 | -36.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Falkirk West | |||||
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| 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 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 | ||||
