Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)

Ochil
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1997–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Ochil & South Perthshire Stirling
Created from	Clackmannan

Ochil was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP by the first-past-the-post voting system.

It replaced the former constituency of Clackmannan. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. A western portion was merged into Stirling.

Boundaries

Clackmannan District, the Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey and Cairseland, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral division of Kinross.

The constituency included Alloa, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry, Dollar and Kinross. It covered Clackmannanshire and small portions of Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross.

Members of Parliament

Elected		Member[1]	Party
	1997	Martin O'Neill	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 2001: Ochil[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O'Neill	16,004	45.3
	SNP	Keith James Brown	10,655	30.2
	Conservative	Alasdair Campbell	4,235	12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edie	3,253	9.2
	Scottish Socialist	Ms. Pauline Naplan Coan Thomson	751	2.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Flash Gordon Approaching	405	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,349	15.2
Turnout			35,303	61.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ochil[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O'Neill	19,707	45.0	N/A
	SNP	George Reid	15,055	34.4	N/A
	Conservative	Allan J.M. Hogarth	6,383	14.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Ann M. Watters	2,262	5.2	N/A
	Referendum	Derek H.F. White	210	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Ian D. Macdonald	104	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Mike S. Sullivan	65	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,652	10.6	N/A
Turnout			43,786	77.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
2. BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil
3. Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil