Falkirk East and Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Falkirk East and Linlithgow is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament which elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election.[2][3] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it also forms one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[4] The seat will be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
| Falkirk East and Linlithgow | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Falkirk East and Linlithgow shown within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | Central Scotland and Lothians West |
| Electorate | 67,341 (2022)[1] |
| Major settlements | Falkirk, Linlithgow, Bo'ness, Grangemouth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Council area | West Lothian |
| Created from | Falkirk East & Linlithgow |
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Bathgate Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill.[4] The region includes all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area.[5]
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituency was created by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. It covers parts of the former constituencies of Falkirk East and Linlithgow, with the remainder of the Linlithgow seat forming the new Bathgate constituency. It covers parts of the Falkirk and West Lothian council areas.
The following electoral wards were used to redefine the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries:[3]
- In Falkirk: all of the Bo'ness and Blackness, Grangemouth, Lower Braes, and Upper Braes wards; and parts of the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst and Falkirk South wards.
- In West Lothian: part of the Linlithgow ward.
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Martyn Day | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | |||||||
| Labour | Siobhan Paterson | |||||||
| Conservative | Lewis Stein | |||||||
| Reform | Amanda Bland | |||||||
| Independent | Ian El-Paget | |||||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | ||||||||
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