Falkirk West Voting Patterns

'If Dennis Canavan, MP, and Ian Davidson, MP, are good enough for Westminster, why are they not good enough for Edinburgh?' Mark Seddon in the Scotsman, 19 th June 1998.

Falkirk West Electoral Statistics 1997 - 1999

Political History of Falkirk West Scottish Parliament Constituency:

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Member of Parliament for Falkirk West	Dennis Canavan MP	18,511	54.98 %	+ 54.98 %
	Labour	Cllr Ross Martin	6,319	18.77 %	- 40.58 %
	Scottish National Party	Michael Matheson	5,986	17.78 %	- 5.65 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Gordon Millar	1,897	5.63 %	- 6.46 %
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Smith	954	2.83 %	- 0.97 %
	Independent win (notional Independent gain from Labour)	Independent majority	12,192	36.21 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	MP for Falkirk West	10,987	32.74 %
	Labour	8,283	24.68 %
	Scottish National Party	8,065	24.03 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,629	7.83 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,577	4.70 %
	Socialist Labour Party	787	2.35 %
	Scottish Green Party	448	1.34 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	300	0.89 %
	Scottish Unionist Party	192	0.57 %
	Pro Life Alliance	95	0.28 %
	Independents (2 candidates)	133	0.40 %
	Natural Law Party	60	0.18 %
	MP for Falkirk West maj	2,704	8.06 %

European Parliament Elections

10 th June 1999 European Election - Falkirk West vote

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	4,323	36.06 %
	Scottish National Party	3,652	30.46 %
	Conservative & Unionist	1,729	14.42 %
	Liberal Democrats	585	4.96 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	567	4.73 %
	Scottish Green Party	487	4.06 %
	Socialist Labour Party	170	1.42 %
	Pro Euro Conservative Party	165	1.38 %
	UK Independence Party	139	1.16 %
	British National Party	74	0.62 %
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	22	0.18 %
	Natural Law Party	20	0.17 %
	Labour majority	671	5.60 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Canavan MP	22,772	59.35 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr David Alexander	8,989	23.43 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Carol Buchanan	4,639	12.09 %
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Houston	1,970	3.80 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	13,783	35.92 %

I am grateful to Russell Horn for providing the breakdown for the European election.

Data in graphical format