Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Falkirk County constituency |
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| Falkirk shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1832, 2005 |
| MP: | Eric Joyce |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Falkirk |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Falkirk is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Falkirk West and part of Falkirk East.
The constituency covers most of the Falkirk council area, and is dominated by the town of Falkirk.
Falkirk also existed as a single constituency between 1832 and 1918.
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[edit] Boundaries
Falkirk has been joined by the various sized towns and villages of its council area in this new seat, including Bonnybridge, Polmont and Larbert. A south eastern arm of the seat curls around Grangemouth. The seat sits to the south of the River Forth.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This seat was formed from Falkirk West and much of Falkirk East.
Falkirk East
Falkirk West
- 1983 - 2000: Dennis Canavan, Labour then Independent.
- 2000 - 2005: Eric Joyce, Labour
Falkirk
- 2005 - present: Eric Joyce, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Falkirk | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 23,264 | 50.9% | -2.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | Laura Love | 9,789 | 21.4% | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Callum Chomczuk | 7,321 | 16.0% | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | David Potts | 4,538 | 9.9% | +1.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Danny Quinlan | 838 | 1.8% | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,475 | 29.5% | |||
| Turnout | 45,750 | 59.6 | +2.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
| 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 | ||||
