Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency).

Falkirk East
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Falkirk East shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Angus MacDonald
Council area	Falkirk

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 nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Falkirk East will be reformed and reshaped.^[1]^[2]

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, 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

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.^[3]

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly reshaped Falkirk East will be formed from the following electoral wards:

In full: Bo'ness and Blackness, Grangemouth, Lower Braes, Upper Braes
In part: Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk South (shared with Falkirk West)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Cathy Peattie	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Angus MacDonald	SNP
2016	Angus MacDonald	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Angus MacDonald	16,720	51.4	+0.6
	Labour	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
Majority			8,312	25.56
Turnout			32,524	54.14
	SNP hold		Swing	+0.6

Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Angus MacDonald	14,302	50.8	+13.4
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	10,767	38.2	-5.2
	Conservative	Lynn Munro	2,372	8.4	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Laird	727	2.6	-4.5
Majority			3,535	12.6
Turnout			28,168	47.4
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+8.2

Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Falkirk East
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	13,090	43.5
	SNP	11,251	37.3
	Conservative	3,659	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,126	7.1
Majority		1,839	6.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	13,184	43.5	-8.2
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing	11,312	37.3	+9.8
	Conservative	Scott Campbell	3,701	12.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Maver	2,136	7.0	+1.0
Majority			1,872	6.2
Turnout			30,333	53.1	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.0

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	14,235	51.65	+7.00
	SNP	Keith Brown	7,576	27.49	-5.40
	Conservative	Tom Calvert	2,720	9.87	+0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	1,651	5.99	-1.14
	Scottish Socialist	Mhairi McAlpine	1,377	5.00	+5.00
Majority			6,659	24.16	+12.41
Turnout			27,559	49.06	-12.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	15,721	44.65	-11.47
	SNP	Keith Brown	11,582	32.89	+8.95
	Conservative	Alastair Orr	3,399	9.65	-4.33
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Macdonald	2,509	7.13	+1.95
	Socialist Labour	Raymond Stead	1,643	4.67	+4.67
Majority			4,139	11.76	-20.42
Turnout			34,845
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

↑ First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Boundary Commission for Scotland
↑ Scottish Parliament Constituencies Order OPSI
↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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