Falkirk East | |
Parliament: | uk |
Map1: | FalkirkEast97 |
Map Size: | 260px |
Map Year: | 2001 |
Map Entity: | Scotland |
Year: | 1983 |
Abolished: | 2005 |
Type: | County |
Elects Howmany: | One |
Previous: | Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan and West Lothian[1] |
Region: | Scotland |
Towns: | Falkirk |
Falkirk East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely replaced by Linlithgow and East Falkirk, with some of its territory going to the new Falkirk constituency.
1983–1997: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Bainsford, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.
1997–2005: The Falkirk District electoral divisions of Avonside, Braes, Carriden, Dundas, Kalantyre, Kinneil, Laurmont, and Sealock.
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1983 | Harry Ewing | Labour | ||
1992 | Michael Connarty | Labour | ||
2005 | constituency abolished: see Linlithgow and East Falkirk |