Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2005}}
{{Distinguish|Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Falkirk East
|parliament = uk
|map1 = FalkirkEast97
|map_size = 260px
|map_year = 2001
|map_entity = Scotland
|year = 1983
|abolished = 2005
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan and West Lothian{{cite web|title='Falkirk East', June 1983 up to May 1997 |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83239.htm |website=ElectionWeb |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |access-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312060751/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83239.htm |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}
|next = Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Falkirk
|region = Scotland
|county = Falkirk
|towns = 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
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|f|date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1983 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1992 | Labour | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 2005
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Election results
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Falkirk East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Ewing
|votes = 17,956
|percentage = 47.7
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Masterton
|votes = 7,895
|percentage = 21.0
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Alexander Wedderburn
|votes = 6,967
|percentage = 18.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = John McGregor
|votes = 4,490
|percentage = 11.9
|change = -9.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Fiona McGregor
|votes = 334
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,061
|percentage = 26.7
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,642
|percentage = 72.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Falkirk East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Ewing
|votes = 21,379
|percentage = 54.2
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Brookes
|votes = 7,356
|percentage = 18.7
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ronald Halliday
|votes = 6,056
|percentage = 15.4
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Dick
|votes = 4,624
|percentage = 11.7
|change = −6.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,023
|percentage = 35.5
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,415
|percentage = 75.0
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1992: Falkirk East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i08.htm |title=UK General Election results April 1992, part 8 |work=Richard Kimber's political science resources |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603044003/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i08.htm |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Michael Connarty
|votes = 18,423
|percentage = 46.1
|change = −8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ronald Halliday
|votes = 10,454
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Harding
|votes = 8,279
|percentage = 20.7
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Debra Storr
|votes = 2,775
|percentage = 6.9
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,969
|percentage = 19.9
|change = -15.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,931
|percentage = 76.9
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Falkirk East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Michael Connarty
|votes = 23,344
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Keith Brown
|votes = 9,959
|percentage = 23.9
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm Nicol
|votes = 5,813
|percentage = 14.0
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rodger Spillane
|votes = 2,153
|percentage = 5.2
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Sebastian Mowbray
|votes = 325
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,385
|percentage = 32.2
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,594
|percentage = 73.2
|change = -3.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2001: Falkirk East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/620.htm |title=Falkirk East |work=Richard Kimber's political science resources |accessdate=3 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075500/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/620.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Michael Connarty
|votes = 18,536
|percentage = 55.0
|change = −1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Isobel Hutton
|votes = 7,824
|percentage = 23.2
|change = −0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bill Stevenson
|votes = 3,252
|percentage = 9.6
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Karen Utting
|votes = 2,992
|percentage = 8.9
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Anthony Weir
|votes = 725
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Stead
|votes = 373
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Hugh Lynch
|votes = 490
|percentage = 1.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,712
|percentage = 31.8
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,702
|percentage = 58.5
|change = −14.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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