Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency).
| Ochil | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by |
Ochil & South Perthshire Stirling |
| Created from | Clackmannan |
Ochil was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It replaced the former constituency of Clackmannan. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. A western portion was merged into Stirling.
Boundaries
Clackmannan District; the Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey and Cairseland; and the Perth and Kinross District electoral division of Kinross.
The constituency included Alloa, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry, Dollar and Kinross. It covered Clackmannanshire and small portions of Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross.
Members of Parliament
| Elected | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Martin O'Neill | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| General Election 2001: Ochil[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Martin O'Neill | 16,004 | 45.3 | ||
| SNP | Keith James Brown | 10,655 | 30.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alasdair Campbell | 4,235 | 12.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Edie | 3,253 | 9.2 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Ms. Pauline Naplan Coan Thomson | 751 | 2.1 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | Flash Gordon Approaching | 405 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,349 | 15.2 | |||
| Turnout | 35,303 | 61.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Ochil[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Martin O'Neill | 19,707 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| SNP | George Reid | 15,055 | 34.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Allan J.M. Hogarth | 6,383 | 14.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Ann M. Watters | 2,262 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Referendum | Derek H.F. White | 210 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ian D. Macdonald | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Mike S. Sullivan | 65 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,652 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43,786 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
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