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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs
Formerburgh constituency for theHouse of Commons
Major settlements	Stirling,Falkirk andGrangemouth
1950–1983
Seats	One
Replaced by	Stirling,Falkirk East andFalkirk West^[1]
1918–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	District of Burghs constituency
Created from	Stirlingshire

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was aparliamentary constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs ofStirling,Falkirk andGrangemouth. It ceased to be aDistrict of Burghs in 1950, but a constituency of the same name covering the same burghs continued in existence. In 1974 it becameStirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. This was in turn abolished in 1983; it was the last British constituency (apart from those including islands) to consist of non-contiguous parts.^{[citation needed]}

Boundaries

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TheRepresentation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.^[2]

Members of Parliament

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Stirling and Falkirk (1918-1974)

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Year		Member	Party
	1918	John Macdonald	Liberal
	1922	Hugh Murnin	Labour
	1923	Sir George McCrae	Liberal
	1924	Hugh Murnin	Labour
	1931	James Reid, later Baron Reid	Conservative
	1935	Joseph Westwood	Labour
	1948 by-election	Malcolm MacPherson	Labour
	1971 by-election	Harry Ewing	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (1974-1983)

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Year		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Harry Ewing	Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	29,499	56.47	+13.22
	Conservative	William Dunn Boyles	13,881	26.57	+12.50
	SNP	John Archibald Donachy	8,856	16.95	−22.84
Majority			15,618	29.90	+26.44
Turnout			52,236	78.95	−0.41
	Labourhold		Swing	+0.36

General election October 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	22,090	43.25	+1.39
	SNP	Robert McIntyre	20,324	39.79	+5.26
	Conservative	Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	7,186	14.07	−9.54
	Liberal	John David Angles	1,477	2.89	New
Majority			1,766	3.46	−3.87
Turnout			51,077	79.36	−1.87
	Labourhold		Swing	-3.87

General election February 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	21,685	41.86	−8.87
	SNP	Robert McIntyre	17,886	34.53	+20.03
	Conservative	Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	12,228	23.61	−11.16
Majority			3,799	7.33	−8.63
Turnout			51,799	81.23	+8.65
	Labourhold		Swing	-14.45

1971 Stirling and Falkirk by-election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ewing	17,536	46.47	−4.26
	SNP	Robert McIntyre	13,048	34.58	+20.08
	Conservative	David R Anderson	7,149	18.95	−15.82
Majority			4,488	11.89	−4.07
Turnout			37,733
	Labourhold		Swing	-12.17

General election 1970: Stirling and Falkirk^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,984	50.73	−1.92
	Conservative	David R Anderson	15,754	34.77	+3.55
	SNP	Iain Murray	6,571	14.50	+0.12
Majority			7,230	15.96	−5.47
Turnout			45,309	72.58	−4.52
	Labourhold		Swing	-2.74

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Stirling and Falkirk^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	23,146	52.65	+0.26
	Conservative	Iain Docherty	13,726	31.22	−6.39
	SNP	Sandy Milne	6,322	14.38	+4.40
	Communist	Peter McIntosh	767	1.74	New
Majority			9,420	21.43	+6.67
Turnout			43,961	77.10	−2.75
	Labourhold		Swing	+3.33

General election 1964: Stirling and Falkirk^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	23,766	52.39	+2.78
	Unionist	John A Davidson	17,070	37.63	−6.17
	SNP	Sandy Milne	4,526	9.98	+3.38
Majority			6,696	14.76	+8.95
Turnout			45,362	79.85	−1.22
	Labourhold		Swing	+4.48

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Stirling and Falkirk^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,423	49.61	+1.45
	Unionist	Robert S Johnston	19,797	43.80	−1.31
	SNP	Jimmy Halliday	2,983	6.60	−0.13
Majority			2,626	5.81	+2.76
Turnout			45,203	81.07	+1.41
	Labourhold		Swing	+1.38

General election 1955: Stirling and Falkirk^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	20,651	48.16	−4.10
	Unionist	James McMillan	19,345	45.11	−2.63
	SNP	Jimmy Halliday	2,885	6.73	New
Majority			1,306	3.05	−9.01
Turnout			42,881	79.66	−6.41
	Labourhold		Swing	-0.74

General election 1951: Stirling and Falkirk^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	24,421	52.26	+3.30
	Unionist	William D H C Forbes	22,313	47.74	+2.21
Majority			1,108	4.52	+1.09
Turnout			46,734	86.07	+1.66
	Labourhold		Swing	+0.55

General election 1950: Stirling and Falkirk^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,186	48.96	−7.17
	Unionist	William D H C Forbes	20,632	45.53	+1.67
	SNP	Robert Curran	1,698	3.75	N/A
	Communist	G McAlister	801	1.77	New
Majority			1,554	3.43	−8.83
Turnout			45,317	84.41	+12.91
	Labourhold		Swing	-4.42

Elections in the 1940s

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1948 Stirling and Falkirk by-election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	17,001	49.0	−7.1
	Unionist	William D H C Forbes	14,826	42.8	−1.1
	SNP	Robert Curran	2,831	8.2	New
Majority			2,175	6.2	−6.0
Turnout			34,658	72.9	+1.4
	Labourhold		Swing	-3.0

General election 1945: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Westwood	18,326	56.1	+4.9
	Unionist	James Frederick Gordon Thomson	14,323	43.9	−4.9
Majority			4,003	12.2	+9.8
Turnout			32,649	71.5	−6.9
	Labourhold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Westwood	17,958	51.2	+14.8
	Unionist	James Reid	17,087	48.8	−14.8
Majority			871	2.4	N/A
Turnout			35,045	78.4	−3.0
	Labourgain fromUnionist		Swing	+14.8

General election 1931: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Reid	21,844	63.6	+32.3
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	12,483	36.4	−11.0
Majority			9,361	27.2	N/A
Turnout			34,327	81.4	+2.3
	Unionistgain fromLabour		Swing	+21.6

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	15,408	47.4	−6.5
	Unionist	Douglas Jamieson	10,164	31.3	New
	SPL	Alexander Ratcliffe	6,902	21.3	New
Majority			5,244	16.1	+8.3
Turnout			32,474	79.1	−2.5
	Labourhold		Swing	N/A

General election 1924: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	13,436	53.9	+4.3
	Liberal	George McCrae	11,512	46.1	−4.3
Majority			1,924	7.8	N/A
Turnout			24,948	81.6	+9.9
	Labourgain fromLiberal		Swing	+4.3

General election 1923: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George McCrae	10,721	50.4	+3.7
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	10,565	49.6	−3.7
Majority			156	0.8	N/A
Turnout			21,286	71.7	0.0
	Liberalgain fromLabour		Swing	+3.7

General election 1922: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	11,073	53.3	+17.6
	National Liberal	John Macdonald	9,717	46.7	−17.6
Majority			1,356	6.6	N/A
Turnout			20,790	71.7	+22.3
	Labourgain fromNational Liberal		Swing	+17.6

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Stirling and Falkirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Macdonald	9,350	64.3
	Labour	Archibald Logan	5,201	35.7
Majority			4,149	28.6
Turnout			14,551	49.4
	Liberalwin (new seat)

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d"'Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth', Feb 1974 - May 1983".ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, Part I.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results May 1979".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results October 1974".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results February 1974".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^"1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived fromthe original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved8 September 2015.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1970".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results March 1966".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1964".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1959".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1955".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1951".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^Kimber, Richard."UK General Election results 1950".Political Science Resources. Retrieved24 March 2016.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig

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