Falkirk East (constituency, Scotland)

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Falkirk East
Falkirk East

Central Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Angus MacDonald ( SNP )

Angus MacDonald

Regions
Falkirk

Falkirk East is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland and has remained unchanged since then. It covers the eastern areas of the Falkirk Council Area . The largest cities within the constituency boundaries include Grangemouth and Bo'ness . However, Falkirk itself is in the Falkirk West constituency . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​193.2 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 78,458 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Cathy Peattie 15,721 44.7
SNP Keith Brown 11,582 32.9
Conservative Alastair Orr 3399 9.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 2509 7.1
Socialist Labor Party Raymond Stead 1643 4.7
Scottish Families and Pensioners Party Victor McGrain 358 1.0
Turnout: 35,212 (60.65%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Cathy Peattie 14,235 51.7 +7.0
SNP Keith Brown 7576 27.5 −5.4
Conservative Tom Calvert 2720 9.9 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Karren Utting 1651 6.0 −1.1
Socialist Mhairi McAlpine 1377 5.0 +5.0
Turnout: 27,559 (49.06%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Cathie Peattie 13,184 43.5 −8.2
SNP Annabelle Ewing 11,312 37.3 +9.8
Conservative Scott Campbell 3701 12.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Natalie Maver 2136 7.0 +1.0
Turnout: 30,333 (52.60%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Angus MacDonald 14.302 50.8 +13.5
Labor Cathie Peattie 10,767 38.2 −5.3
Conservative Lynn Munro 2372 8.4 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Ross Laird 727 2.6 −4.4
Turnout: 28,168 (49.94%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Angus MacDonald 16,720 51.4 +0.6
Labor Craig Martin 8,408 25.9 −12.4
Conservative Callum Laidlaw 6,342 19.5 +11.1
Liberal Democrats James Munro 1,054 3.2 +0.7
Turnout: 32,524 (54.14%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament