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Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

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

Falkirk West
Burghconstituency for theScottish Parliament

Falkirk West shown within theCentral Scotland electoral region and the region shown withinScotland
Electorate	68,831 (2022)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Michael Matheson
Council area	Falkirk

Falkirk West (Gaelic:An Eaglais Bhreac an Iar) is aburgh constituency of theScottish Parliament covering part of thecouncil area ofFalkirk.^[2] It elects oneMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by theplurality (first past the post) method of election. Under theadditional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it has also been one of nine constituencies in theCentral Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form ofproportional representation for the region as a whole. Following thesecond periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, Falkirk West will form part of the newCentral Scotland and Lothians West from the2026 Scottish Parliament election onwards.

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.^[3]^[4] Further boundary changes were effected by the second periodic review in 2025.

The seat has been held byMichael Matheson of theScottish National Party since the2007 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 East,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.

From 2026, the other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region will beAirdrie,Almond Valley,Bathgate,Coatbridge and Chryston,Cumbernauld and Kilsyth,Falkirk East and Linlithgow,Motherwell and Wishaw, andUddingston and Bellshill.^[5]

Constituency boundaries and council area

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Map of boundaries 2011-2026

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.^[6]

The Holyrood constituency covered a western portion of theFalkirk council area. The rest of the Falkirk area has been covered byFalkirk East, also within the Central Scotland electoral region. Following the second periodic review, the seat was slightly enlarged to take in theStenhousemuir area (formerly in Falkirk East). The remainder of Falkirk is to be covered byFalkirk East and Linlithgow, which will also cover a portion of theWest Lothian council area.

From the2011 Scottish Parliament election, Falkirk West was formed from the following electoral wards:^[7]

In full:Denny and Banknock,Bonnybridge and Larbert,Falkirk North
In part:Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst,Falkirk South (shared withFalkirk East constituency)

Following the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the following Falkirk Council electoral wards were used to redefine the seat:^[8]

In full:Denny and Banknock,Bonnybridge and Larbert,Falkirk North
In part:Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst,Falkirk South

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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Election		Member	Party
	1999	Dennis Canavan	Independent
	2007	Michael Matheson	Scottish National Party

Election results

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2020s

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Michael Matheson^[a]	21,492	54.3	2.6	18,040	45.4	4.3
	Labour	Monette Gordon	9,653	24.4	2.6	7,832	19.7	0.2
	Conservative	Stephen Kerr^[b]	7,343	18.5	0.2	8,127	20.5	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Reid	1,115	2.8	0.2	968	2.4	0.3
	Green					2,802	7.1	1.5
	Alba					697	1.8	New
	All for Unity					373	0.9	New
	Scottish Family					212	0.5	New
	Independent Green Voice					209	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					112	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					96	0.2	New
	Reform					86	0.2	New
	Independent	Paddy Hogg				68	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					63	0.2	New
	UKIP					53	0.1	2.3
Majority			14,149	29.9	5.2
Valid Votes			39,603			39,738
Invalid Votes			154
Turnout			39,629	62.2	8.4
	SNPhold		Swing
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency ^Elected on theparty list

2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Michael Matheson^[a]	18,260	56.9	1.6	15,987	49.7	0.2
	Labour	Mandy Telford	6,980	21.8	13.2	6,272	19.5	12.2
	Conservative	Alison Harris^[b]	5,877	18.3	10.9	5,923	18.4	11.1
	Green					1,809	5.6	2.9
	UKIP					775	2.4	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Cole-Hamilton	966	3.0	0.7	679	2.1	0.4
	Scottish Christian					267	0.8	0.3
	Solidarity					225	0.7	0.6
	RISE					132	0.4	New
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont				85	0.3	New
Majority			11,280	35.1	14.8
Valid Votes			32,083			32,154
Invalid Votes			120			43
Turnout			32,203	53.8	3.0	32,197	53.8	3.0
	SNPhold		Swing		7.4
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency ^Elected on theparty list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Michael Matheson^[a]	15,607	55.3	N/A	13,989	49.5	N/A
	Labour	Dennis Goldie	9,862	35.0	N/A	8,958	31.7	N/A
	Conservative	Allan Finnie	2,086	7.4	N/A	2,055	7.3	N/A
	Green					764	2.7	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					560	2.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Chomczuk	644	2.3	N/A	481	1.7	N/A
	Scottish Christian					318	1.1	N/A
	UKIP					236	0.8	N/A
	BNP					224	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					222	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell				97	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					96	0.3	N/A
	Solidarity					39	0.1	N/A
	Others					202	0.7	N/A
Majority			5,745	20.3	N/A
Valid Votes			28,199			28,261
Invalid Votes			111			71
Turnout			28,310	50.8	N/A	28,332	50.8	N/A
	SNPwin (new boundaries)
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Michael Matheson	12,068	41.9	+24.1
	Labour	Dennis Goldie	11,292	39.2	+21.8
	Conservative	Stephen O'Rourke	2,887	10.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Chomczuk	2,538	8.8	+6.0
Majority			776	2.7	N/A
Turnout			28,785	51.7	+1.1
	SNPgain fromIndependent		Swing	+1.2

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dennis Canavan	14,703	55.69	+2.2
	SNP	Michael Matheson	4,703	17.81	+0.5
	Labour	Lee Whitehill	4,589	17.38	−0.9
	Conservative	Iain Mitchell	1,657	6.28	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Kelly	748	2.83	−2.7
Majority			10,000	37.88	+1.7
Turnout			26,400	50.65	−12.4
	Independenthold		Swing

1990s

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dennis Canavan	18,511	53.5
	Labour	Ross Martin	6,319	18.3
	SNP	Michael Matheson	5,986	17.3
	Conservative	Gordon Millar	1,897	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hook	1,889	5.5
Majority			12,192	35.2
Turnout			34,602	63.0
	Independentwin (new seat)

References

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Citations

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^Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
^Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
^First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Archived 17 July 2012 at theWayback Machine Boundary Commission for Scotland
^Scottish Parliament Constituencies Order OPSI
^Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
^SeeThe 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at theWayback Machine
^Falkirk West: Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (map, 2015),Falkirk Council
^Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
^Constituencies A-Z | Falkirk West, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
^Scottish Parliamentary election results Falkirk Council
^"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.

Bibliography

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"Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers"(PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. Retrieved26 November 2025.

External links

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"Falkirk West constituency map (2026 boundaries)"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved5 November 2025.
"Falkirk West constituency map (2011 boundaries)"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved7 July 2021.

v t e «2011–2026 «Electoral regions and constituencies of theScottish Parliament (2026–)
Central Scotland and Lothians West	Airdrie Almond Valley Bathgate Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Falkirk East and Linlithgow Falkirk West Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Edinburgh and Lothians East	East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh Central Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh South Western Midlothian North
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok Glasgow Central Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill Glasgow Southside Rutherglen and Cambuslang
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
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Fife North East Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine Aberdeen Donside 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 Kilbride Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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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