Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2005}}
{{distinguish|Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2007}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Ochil
|parliament = uk
|map1 = Ochil1997
|map_size = 260px
|map_year = 2001
|map_entity = Scotland
|year = 1997
|abolished = 2005
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Clackmannan
|next = Ochil & South Perthshire
Stirling
|region = Scotland
|county =
}}
Ochil was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It replaced the former constituency of Clackmannan. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. A western portion was merged into Stirling.
Boundaries
Clackmannan District, the Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey and Cairseland, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral division of Kinross.
The constituency included Alloa, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry, Dollar and Kinross. It covered Clackmannanshire and small portions of Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Elected | Member{{Rayment-hc|o|date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1997 | Labour | ||
| | 2005
|colspan="2"|constituency abolished |
Election results
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2001: Ochil{{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}}[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/442.stm BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin O'Neill
|votes = 16,004
|percentage = 45.3
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Keith Brown
|votes = 10,655
|percentage = 30.2
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alasdair Campbell
|votes = 4,235
|percentage = 12.0
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Edie
|votes = 3,253
|percentage = 9.2
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Pauline Thomson
|votes = 751
|percentage = 2.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Flash Gordon Approaching
|votes = 405
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,349
|percentage = 15.1
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,303
|percentage = 61.3
|change = -16.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Ochil{{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}}[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/647.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin O'Neill
|votes = 19,707
|percentage = 45.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = George Reid
|votes = 15,055
|percentage = 34.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan J.M. Hogarth
|votes = 6,383
|percentage = 14.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ann M. Watters
|votes = 2,262
|percentage = 5.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Derek H.F. White
|votes = 210
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Democratic Nationalist
|candidate = Ian D. Macdonald
|votes = 104
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Mike S. Sullivan
|votes = 65
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,652
|percentage = 10.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,786
|percentage = 77.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}