Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Falkirk East Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Falkirk East shown within the Central Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Cathy Peattie |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Falkirk (part) |
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 ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.
The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.
[edit] 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[1].
The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the Falkirk council area. The rest of the Falkirk area is covered by Falkirk West, which is also within the Central Scotland electoral region.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
Prior to the beginning of the Scottish Parliament general election, 2007, the constituency was represented by Labour MSP Cathy Peattie.
[edit] Candidates
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2007: Falkirk East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Annabelle Ewing | - | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Natalie Maver | ||||
| Conservative and Unionist | Stephen O'Rourke | ||||
| Labour | Cathy Peattie | ||||
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[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Falkirk East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Cathy Peattie | 14,235 | 51.65 | +7.00 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 parliamentary election, 1999: Falkirk East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Cathy Peattie | 15,721 | 44.65 | -11.47 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 hold | Swing | ||||
