Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Falkirk West
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Falkirk
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members One
Replaced by Falkirk

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.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Dennis Canavan Labour
1999 Independent
2000 by-election Eric Joyce Labour
2005 constituency abolished: see Falkirk

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Falkirk West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 16,668 45.57 N/A
Conservative I. Mitchell 7,690 21.03 N/A
Liberal M. Harris 7,477 20.44 N/A
SNP B. Cochrane 4,739 12.96 N/A
Majority 8,978 24.55
Turnout 74.03
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1987: Falkirk West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 20,256 52.62 +7.05
Conservative D. Thomas 6,704 17.41 −3.62
SNP I. Goldie 6,696 17.39 +4.43
Liberal M. Harris 4,841 12.58 −7.86
Majority 13,552 35.20 +10.65
Turnout 76.65 +2.62
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Falkirk West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 19,162 49.79 −2.83
SNP W. Houston 9,350 24.30 +6.91
Conservative M. Macdonald 7,558 19.64 +2.23
Liberal Democrat M. Reilly 2,414 6.27 −6.31
Majority 9,812 25.50 −9.70
Turnout 76.77 +0.12
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Falkirk West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Canavan 22,772 59.35 +9.56
SNP David Alexander 8,989 23.43 −0.87
Conservative Carol Buchanan 4,639 12.09 −7.55
Liberal Democrat Derek Houston 1,970 5.13 −1.14
Majority 13783 35.92 +10.42
Turnout 38370 71.98 −4.79
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Falkirk West by-election, 2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Joyce 8,492 43.54 −15.9
SNP David Kerr 7,787 39.93 +16.5
Conservative Craig Stevenson 1,621 8.31 −3.8
Scottish Socialist Iain Hunter 989 5.07
Liberal Democrat Hugh O'Donnell 615 3.15 −1.9
Majority 705 3.6
Turnout 19,504 36.1 -36.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Falkirk West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Joyce 16,022 51.9 -7.5
SNP 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

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. ^ "UK General Election results June 1983, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  3. ^ "UK General Election results June 1987, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992, part 8". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i08.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  5. ^ a b c "Falkirk West". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/621.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.