Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)

Falkirk West
Falkirk West
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Falkirk West in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland	Falkirk
1983–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan and Stirlingshire West
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.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Bonnybridge, Callendar, Carmuirs, Carronglen, Glenfuir, Grahamsdyke, Herbertshire, and Tryst.

1997–2005: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Bainsford, Bonnybridge, Callendar, Carmuirs, Carronglen, Glenfuir, Grahamsdyke, Herbertshire, and Tryst.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1983	Dennis Canavan	Labour
	1999	Dennis Canavan	Independent
	2000 by-election	Eric Joyce	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Falkirk

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Falkirk West^[3]^[4]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Canavan	16,668	45.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Iain Mitchell	7,690	21.0	+0.3
	Liberal	Marshall Harris	7,477	20.4	New
	SNP	Brian Cochrane	4,739	13.0	-16.2
Majority			8,978	24.6	N/A
Turnout			36,574	74.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1987: Falkirk West^[5]^[6]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Canavan	20,256	52.6	+7.0
	Conservative	David Thomas	6,704	17.4	−3.6
	SNP	Ian Goldie	6,696	17.4	+4.4
	Liberal	Marshall Harris	4,841	12.6	−7.8
Majority			13,552	35.2	+10.6
Turnout			38,497	76.7	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Falkirk West^[7]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Canavan	19,162	49.8	−2.8
	SNP	William Houston	9,350	24.3	+6.9
	Conservative	Michael Macdonald	7,558	19.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Reilly	2,414	6.3	−6.3
Majority			9,812	25.5	−9.7
Turnout			38,484	76.8	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1997: Falkirk West^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Canavan	22,772	59.3	+9.6
	SNP	David Alexander	8,989	23.4	−0.9
	Conservative	Carol Buchanan	4,639	12.1	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Houston	1,970	5.1	−1.1
Majority			13,783	35.9	+10.4
Turnout			38,370	72.0	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

By-election 2000: Falkirk West^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Joyce	8,492	43.5	−15.8
	SNP	David Kerr	7,787	39.9	+16.5
	Conservative	Craig Stevenson	1,621	8.3	−3.8
	Scottish Socialist	Iain G. Hunter	989	5.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	615	3.1	−2.0
Majority			705	3.6	-32.3
Turnout			19,504	36.1	−36.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2001: Falkirk West^[10]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Joyce	16,022	51.9	−7.4
	SNP	David Kerr	7,490	24.2	+0.8
	Conservative	Simon Murray	2,321	7.5	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	2,203	7.1	+2.0
	Independent	Billy Buchanan	1,464	4.7	New
	Scottish Socialist	Mhairi McAlpine	707	2.3	N/A
	Independent	Hugh Lynch	490	1.6	New
	Socialist Labour	Ronnie Forbes	194	0.6	New
Majority			8,532	27.7	-8.2
Turnout			30,891	57.1	−14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

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