Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Falkirk East
Type = county


Region = Central Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Cathy Peattie
Party = Labour
Council = Falkirk (part)

Falkirk East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

The Holyrood constituency covers the north, south and eastern parts of the Falkirk council area. Falkirk East includes the towns of Grangemouth, Bo'ness, and part of Stenhousemuir. Towards the Forth are the villages of South Alloa, Airth, Letham, Carronshore, Carron, Skinflats and Blackness while further south lie the Lower and Upper Braes villages of Laurieston, Westquarter, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Brightons, Rumford, Maddiston, Whitecross, Standburn, California, Shieldhill, Slamannan, Avonbridge, Binniehill and Limerigg.

The rest of the Falkirk Council area, including most of the town of Falkirk, is covered by Falkirk West, which is also within the Central Scotland electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Cathy Peattie
votes = 13,184
percentage = 43.5
change = -8.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Annabelle Ewing
votes = 11,312
percentage = 37.3
change = +9.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Scott Campbell
votes = 3,701
percentage = 12.2
change = +2.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Natalie Maver
votes = 2,136
percentage = 7.0
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 1,872
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,333
percentage = 53.1
change = +4.1 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing = -9.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Cathy Peattie
votes = 14,235
percentage = 51.65
change = +7.00 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Keith Brown
votes = 7,576
percentage = 27.49
change = -5.40 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Tom Calvert
votes = 2,720
percentage = 9.87
change = +0.22 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Karen Utting
votes = 1,651
percentage = 5.99
change = -1.14 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mhairi McAlpine
votes = 1,377
percentage = 5.00
change = +5.00 Election box majority
votes = 6,659
percentage = 24.16
change = +12.41Election box turnout
votes = 27,559
percentage = 49.06
change = -12.35 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Cathy Peattie
votes = 15,721
percentage = 44.65
change = -11.47 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Keith Brown
votes = 11,582
percentage = 32.89
change = +8.95 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alastair Orr
votes = 3,399
percentage = 9.65
change = -4.33 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gordon Macdonald
votes = 2,509
percentage = 7.13
change = +1.95 Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Stead
votes = 1,643
percentage = 4.67
change = +4.67 Election box majority
votes = 4,139
percentage = 11.76
change = -20.42Election box turnout
votes = 34,845
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

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