MSP Michael Matheson Council area Falkirk Party Scottish National Party | Founded 1999 Lieutenancy area Falkirk | |
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Created Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | ||
Falkirk West 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 West will be reshaped as part of wider boundary reviews.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Hamilton South, 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.
The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Falkirk council area. The rest of the Falkirk area is covered by Falkirk East, which is also within the Central Scotland electoral region.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly reshaped Falkirk West will be formed from the following electoral wards:
Election results
Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit
Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit