Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

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Linlithgow and East Falkirk County constituency

Linlithgow and East Falkirk shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Michael Connarty
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Falkirk/West Lothian
EP constituency:	Scotland

Linlithgow and East Falkirk is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for use in the 2005 general election. It replaced most of Falkirk East and Linlithgow.

The constituency covers the eastern portion of the Falkirk council area and the western portion of the West Lothian council area.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

2005 – present: Michael Connarty, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connarty	22121	47.7%	-4.1
	Scottish National Party	Gordon Guthrie	10919	23.5%	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Glenn	7100	15.3%	+5.2
	Conservative	Michael Veitch	5486	11.8%	+2.0
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	763	1.6%	-0.5
Majority			11202	24.1%
Turnout			46389	60.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election 2001: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connarty	18,536	55.0	-1.1
	Scottish National Party	Isobel Hutton	7,824	23.2	-0.7
	Conservative	Bill Stevenson	3,252	9.6	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	2,992	8.9	+3.7
	Scottish Socialist	Anthony Weir	725	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Raymond Stead	373	1.1	N/A
Majority			10,712	31.8
Turnout			33,702	57.9	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tam Dalyell	17,207	54.4	+0.2
	Scottish National Party	Jim Sibbald	8,078	25.5	-1.3
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	2,836	9.0	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,628	8.3	+2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Eddie Cornock	695	2.2	N/A
	Rock ’N Roll Loony Party	Lady Muck Cronin	211	0.7	N/A
Majority			9,129	28.9
Turnout			31,655	58.0	-15.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)