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Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Not to be confused withFalkirk East (UK Parliament constituency).

Falkirk East
Countyconstituency for theScottish Parliament

Falkirk East shown within theCentral Scotland electoral region and the region shown withinScotland
Population	80,482 (2019)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Michelle Thomson
Council area	Falkirk

Falkirk East (Gaelic:An Eaglais Bhreac an Ear) is aconstituency of theScottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of thecouncil area ofFalkirk. It elects oneMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by theplurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in theCentral Scotland electoral region, which elects sevenadditional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the1999 Scottish Parliament election. Ahead of the2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were reformed and reshaped.^[2]^[3]

The seat has been held byMichelle Thomson of theScottish National Party since the2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

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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 andUddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers all of theFalkirk council area, all of theNorth Lanarkshire council area and part of theSouth Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

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Map of boundaries from 2011

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in1999, with the name and boundaries of an existingWestminster constituency. In2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[4] The Holyrood constituency was subsequently itself redrawn for the2011 Scottish Parliament election, with the newly shaped Falkirk East being formed from the following electoral wards:^[5]

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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	Member	Party
1999	Cathy Peattie	Labour
2011	Angus MacDonald	SNP
2021	Michelle Thomson	SNP

Election results

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2020s

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Michelle Thomson	18,417	47.4	4.0	16,432	42.1	4.7
	Labour Co-op	Allyson Black	10,832	27.9	2.0	8,516	21.8	0.5
	Conservative	Neil Benny	7,618	19.6	0.1	8,800	22.5	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rolfe	1,007	2.6	0.6	912	2.3	0.1
	Independent	Peter Krykant	971	2.5	New
	Green					2,333	6.0	1.3
	Alba					629	1.6	New
	All for Unity					325	0.8	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					220	0.6	New
	Scottish Family					220	0.6	New
	Independent Green Voice					205	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					127	0.3	New
	Reform					97	0.2	New
	Independent	Paddy Hogg				84	0.2	New
	UKIP					83	0.2	2.3
	Scottish Libertarian					76	0.2	New
Majority			7,585	19.5	6.0
Valid Votes			38,845			39,059
Invalid Votes			115
Turnout			38,960	62.9	8.8
	SNPhold		Swing		6.0
Notes

2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus MacDonald	16,720	51.4	0.6	15,199	46.4	3.9
	Labour	Craig Martin	8,408	25.9	12.3	7,281	22.3	7.5
	Conservative	Callum Laidlaw	6,342	19.5	11.1	6,450	19.8	12.0
	Green					1,537	4.7	2.2
	UKIP					812	2.5	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Munro	1,054	3.2	0.6	716	2.2	0.4
	Scottish Christian					279	0.9	0.1
	Solidarity					154	0.5	0.3
	RISE					96	0.3	New
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont				63	0.2	New
Majority			8,312	25.5	12.9
Valid Votes			32,524			32,587
Invalid Votes			105			45
Turnout			32,629	54.1	4.0	32,632	54.1	4.0
	SNPhold		Swing		6.5
Notes

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus MacDonald	14,302	50.8	N/A	14,221	50.5	N/A
	Labour	Cathy Peattie^[a]	10,767	38.2	N/A	8,401	29.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lynn Munro	2,372	8.4	N/A	2,212	7.8	N/A
	Green					706	2.5	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					649	2.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Laird	727	2.6	N/A	534	1.9	N/A
	BNP					310	1.1	N/A
	Scottish Christian					282	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour					280	1.0	N/A
	UKIP					208	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell				81	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					60	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					35	0.1	N/A
	Others					206	0.7	N/A
Majority			3,535	12.6	N/A
Valid Votes			28,168			28,185
Invalid Votes			80			64
Turnout			28,248	50.1	N/A	28,249	50.1	N/A
	SNPwin (new boundaries)
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	13,184	43.5	−8.1
	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	−18.0
Turnout			30,333	53.1	+4.0
	Labourhold		Swing	-9.0

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	14,235	51.65	+5.53
	SNP	Keith Brown	7,576	27.49	−5.75
	Conservative	Tom Calvert	2,720	9.87	+0.12
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	1,651	5.99	−1.21
	Scottish Socialist	Mhairi McAlpine	1,377	5.00	New
Majority			6,659	24.16	+12.28
Turnout			27,559	49.06	−12.35
	Labourhold		Swing

1990s

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathy Peattie	15,721	45.12	*N/A*
	SNP	Keith Brown	11,582	33.24	N/A
	Conservative	Alastair Orr	3,399	9.75	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Macdonald	2,509	7.20	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Raymond Stead	1,643	4.67	N/A
Majority			4,139	11.88	N/A
Turnout			34,845	61.41	N/A
	Labourwin (new seat)

Footnotes

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^Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)Archived 6 May 2021 at theWayback Machine,National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes Archived 15 April 2021 at theWayback Machine)
^First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Archived 17 July 2012 at theWayback Machine Boundary Commission for Scotland
^Scottish Parliament Constituencies Order OPSI
^SeeThe 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at theWayback Machine
^Falkirk East: Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (map, 2015),Falkirk Council
^Constituencies A-Z | Falkirk East, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
^"Scottish Parliamentary election results". Falkirk Council. Retrieved2 June 2021.
^"Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved2 June 2021.
^"Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved2 June 2021.

External links

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"Falkirk East constituency map"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved7 July 2021.

v t e «1999–2011 «Electoral regions and constituencies of theScottish Parliament (2011–2026) »2026– »
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

v t e Electoral regions and constituencies of theScottish 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 Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland
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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