MSP Angus MacDonald | Founded 1999 Lieutenancy area Falkirk | |
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Created Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | ||
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 nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Falkirk East will be reformed and reshaped.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.
The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
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.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly reshaped Falkirk East will be formed from the following electoral wards:
Election results
Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit
Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit