Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk West
County constituency
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
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

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Falkirk West
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
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
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
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

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