Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°59′35″N 3°39′47″W / 55.993°N 3.663°W

Linlithgow and East Falkirk
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Linlithgow and East Falkirk in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Falkirk/West Lothian
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Martyn Day (SNP)
Created from	Falkirk East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Linlithgow and East Falkirk is a county 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.

Boundaries

The constituency was formed for the United Kingdom general election, 2005. It comprises communities from West Lothian and Falkirk burghs. These comprise Armadale, Avonbridge, Bathgate, Blackness, Blackridge, Boghall, Bo'ness, Brightons, Grangemouth, Greenrigg, Linlithgow, Philpstoun, Reddingmuirhead, Rumford, Slamannan, Torphichen, Westfield, Whitburn and Whitecross.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	2005	Michael Connarty	Labour
	2015	Martyn Day	SNP

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2015: Linlithgow and East Falkirk[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Martyn Day[4]	32,055	52.0	+26.6
	Labour	Michael Connarty[4]	19,121	31.0	−18.8
	Conservative	Sandy Batho[4]	7,384	12.0	+0.1
	UKIP	Alistair Forrest[4]	1,682	2.7	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Farthing-Sykes[5]	1,252	2.0	−10.8
	National Front	Neil McIvor[4]	103	0.2	n/a
Majority			12,934	21.0
Turnout			61,597	70.8	+7.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+22.7

General Election 2010: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connarty	25,634	49.8	+2.1
	SNP	Tam Smith	13,081	25.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Glenn	6,589	12.8	−2.5
	Conservative	Andrea Stephenson	6,146	11.9	+0.1
Majority			12,553	24.4
Turnout			51,540	63.6	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connarty	22,121	47.7	−4.1
	SNP	Gordon Guthrie	10,919	23.5	−1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Glenn	7,100	15.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Michael Veitch	5,486	11.8	+2.0
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	763	1.6	−0.5
Majority			11,202	24.1
Turnout			46,389	60.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
2. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/council-democracy/elections-voting/election-results/westminster-parliamentary-election-results.aspx
4. https://yournextmp.com/constituency/14439/
5. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.