Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Falkirk East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely replaced by Linlithgow and East Falkirk, with some of its territory going to the new Falkirk constituency.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Bainsford, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.

1997–2005: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Harry Ewing	Labour
	1992	Michael Connarty	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Falkirk East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	17,956	47.7	-7.2
	Conservative	Donald Masterton	7,895	21.0	-2.2
	SDP	Alexander Wedderburn	6,967	18.5	New
	SNP	John McGregor	4,490	11.9	-9.9
	Communist	Fiona McGregor	334	0.9	New
Majority			10,061	26.7	-5.0
Turnout			37,642	72.3
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1987: Falkirk East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	21,379	54.2	+6.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Brookes	7,356	18.7	−2.3
	SNP	Ronald Halliday	6,056	15.4	+3.5
	SDP	Elizabeth Dick	4,624	11.7	−6.8
Majority			14,023	35.5	+8.8
Turnout			39,415	75.0	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Falkirk East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Connarty	18,423	46.1	−8.1
	SNP	Ronald Halliday	10,454	26.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Keith Harding	8,279	20.7	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Storr	2,775	6.9	−4.8
Majority			7,969	19.9	-15.6
Turnout			39,931	76.9	+1.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election 1997: Falkirk East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Connarty	23,344	56.1	+10.0
	SNP	Keith Brown	9,959	23.9	-2.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Nicol	5,813	14.0	-6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodger Spillane	2,153	5.2	-1.7
	Referendum	Sebastian Mowbray	325	0.8	New
Majority			13,385	32.2	+12.3
Turnout			41,594	73.2	-3.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Falkirk East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Connarty	18,536	55.0	−1.1
	SNP	Isobel Hutton	7,824	23.2	−0.7
	Conservative	Bill Stevenson	3,252	9.6	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	2,992	8.9	+3.7
	Scottish Socialist	Anthony Weir	725	2.2	New
	Socialist Labour	Raymond Stead	373	1.1	New
	Independent	Hugh Lynch	490	1.6	New
Majority			10,712	31.8	-0.4
Turnout			33,702	58.5	−14.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing