Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Not to be confused with Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency).

Falkirk West
County
Council area
Falkirk

Falkirk West (

additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation
for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. Ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were reformed and reshaped.[2][3]

The seat has been held by Michael Matheson of the Scottish National Party since the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers all of the

Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area
.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map
Map of boundaries from 2011

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[4]

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the

Falkirk council area. The rest of the Falkirk area is covered by Falkirk East
, which is also within the Central Scotland electoral region.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly reshaped Falkirk West was formed from the following electoral wards:[5]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Dennis Canavan
Independent
2007 Michael Matheson Scottish National Party

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West[6][7]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Michael Matheson[a] 21,492 54.3 Decrease2.6 18,040 45.4 Decrease4.3
Labour Monette Gordon 9,653 24.4 Increase2.6 7,832 19.7 Increase0.2
Conservative Stephen Kerr[b] 7,343 18.5 Increase0.2 8,127 20.5 Increase2.1
Liberal Democrats Austin Reid 1,115 2.8 Decrease0.2 968 2.4 Increase0.3
Scottish Green 2,802 7.1 Increase1.5
Alba 697 1.8 New
All for Unity 373 0.9 New
Scottish Family 212 0.5 New
Independent Green Voice 209 0.5 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 112 0.3 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 96 0.2 New
Reform UK 86 0.2 New
Independent
 Paddy Hogg 68 0.2 New
Libertarian 63 0.2 New
UKIP
 53 0.1 Decrease2.3
Majority 14,149 29.9 Decrease5.2
Valid Votes 39,603 39,738
Invalid Votes 154
Turnout 39,629 62.2 Increase8.4
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. party list

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East[8]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Michael Matheson[a] 18,260 56.9 Increase1.6 15,987 49.7 Increase0.2
Labour Mandy Telford 6,980 21.8 Decrease13.2 6,272 19.5 Decrease12.2
Conservative Alison Harris[b] 5,877 18.3 Increase10.9 5,923 18.4 Increase11.1
Scottish Green 1,809 5.6 Increase2.9
UKIP
 775 2.4 Increase1.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Cole-Hamilton 966 3.0 Increase0.7 679 2.1 Increase0.4
Scottish Christian
 267 0.8 Decrease0.3
Solidarity 225 0.7 Increase0.6
RISE
 132 0.4 New
Independent
 Deryck Beaumont 85 0.3 New
Majority 11,280 35.1 Increase14.8
Valid Votes 32,083 32,154
Invalid Votes 120 43
Turnout 32,203 53.8 Increase3.0 32,197 53.8 Increase3.0
SNP hold Swing Increase7.4
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West[9]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Michael Matheson[a] 15,607 55.3 N/A 13,989 49.5 N/A
Labour Dennis Goldie 9,862 35.0 N/A 8,958 31.7 N/A
Conservative Allan Finnie 2,086 7.4 N/A 2,055 7.3 N/A
Scottish Green 764 2.7 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 560 2.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Callum Chomczuk 644 2.3 N/A 481 1.7 N/A
Scottish Christian
 318 1.1 N/A
UKIP
 236 0.8 N/A
BNP 224 0.9 N/A
Socialist Labour 222 0.8 N/A
Independent
 Hugh O'Donnell 97 0.3 N/A
Scottish Socialist 96 0.3 N/A
Solidarity 39 0.1 N/A
Others 202 0.7 N/A
Majority 5,745 20.3 N/A
Valid Votes 28,199 28,261
Invalid Votes 111 71
Turnout 28,310 50.8 N/A 28,332 50.8 N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Michael Matheson 12,068 41.9 +24.1
Labour
 Dennis Goldie 11,292 39.2 +21.8
Conservative
 Stephen O'Rourke 2,887 10.0 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Callum Chomczuk 2,538 8.8 +6.0
Majority 776 2.7 N/A
Turnout 28,785 51.7 +1.1
Independent
 Swing +1.2
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent
 		Dennis Canavan 14,703 55.69 +2.2
SNP Michael Matheson 4,703 17.81 +0.5
Labour
 Lee Whitehill 4,589 17.38 -0.9
Conservative
 Iain Mitchell 1,657 6.28 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Kelly 748 2.83 -2.7
Majority 10,000 37.88 +1.7
Turnout 26,400 50.65 -12.4
Independent
hold 		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent
 		Dennis Canavan 18,511 53.5
Labour
 Ross Martin 6,319 18.3
SNP Michael Matheson 5,986 17.3
Conservative
 Gordon Millar 1,897 5.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Hook 1,889 5.5
Majority 12,192 35.2
Turnout 34,602 63.0
Independent
win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Boundary Commission for Scotland
  3. ^ Scottish Parliament Constituencies Order OPSI
  4. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Falkirk Council
  6. ^ Constituencies A-Z | Falkirk West, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
  7. ^ Scottish Parliamentary election results Falkirk Council
  8. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falkirk_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1177348304"