Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency).

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.

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[1]
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		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	-16.2

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