Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Falkirk East was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Falkirk. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it was also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region were: 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 covered all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area. From the 2026 Scottish Parliament election it will be replaced by the new Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region. == Constituency boundaries and 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 (UK House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. The Holyrood constituency was subsequently itself redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with the newly shaped Falkirk East being formed from the following electoral wards: • In full: Bo'ness and Blackness, Grangemouth, Lower Braes, Upper Braes • In part: Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk South (shared with Falkirk West constituency) == Member of the Scottish Parliament ==

Election results

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