Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Stirling, Falkirk East and Falkirk West^[1]
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	District of Burghs constituency

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. It ceased to be a District of Burghs in 1950, but a constituency of the same name covering the same burghs continued in existence. In 1974 it became Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. This was in turn abolished in 1983; it was the last British constituency (apart from those including islands) to consist of non-contiguous parts.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Stirling and Falkirk (1918-1974)

Year		Member	Party
	1918	John Archibald Murray Macdonald	Liberal
	1922	Hugh Murnin	Labour
	1923	Sir George McCrae	Liberal
	1924	Hugh Murnin	Labour
	1931	James Scott Cumberland Reid, later Baron Reid	Conservative
	1935	Joseph Westwood	Labour
	1948 by-election	Malcolm MacPherson	Labour
	1971 by-election	Harry Ewing	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (1974-1983)

Feb 1974 Harry Ewing, Labour

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Ewing	29,499	56.47	+13.22
	Conservative	William Dunn Boyles	13,881	26.57	+12.50
	SNP	John Archibald Donachy	8,856	16.95	-22.84
Majority			15,618	29.90	+26.44
Turnout			52,236	78.95	-0.41
Registered electors			66,164
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.36

General Election, October 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Ewing	22,090	43.25	+1.39
	SNP	Robert Douglas McIntyre	20,324	39.79	+5.26
	Conservative	Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	7,186	14.07	-9.54
	Liberal	John David Angles	1,477	2.89	N/A
Majority			1,766	3.46	-3.87
Turnout			51,077	79.36	-1.87
Registered electors			64,362
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.87

General Election, February 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth^[1]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Ewing	21,685	41.86	-8.87
	SNP	Robert Douglas McIntyre	17,886	34.53	+20.03
	Conservative	Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	12,228	23.61	-11.16
Majority			3,799	7.33	-8.63
Turnout			51,799	81.23	+8.65
Registered electors			63,772
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.45

By-election, 16 Sep 1971: Stirling and Falkirk^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Ewing	17,536	46.47	-4.26
	SNP	Robert Douglas McIntyre	13,048	34.58	+20.08
	Conservative	David R Anderson	7,149	18.95	-15.82
Majority			4,488	11.89	-4.07
Turnout			37,733
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.17

General Election 1970: Stirling and Falkirk^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,984	50.73	-1.92
	Conservative	David R Anderson	15,754	34.77	+3.55
	SNP	Iain Murray	6,571	14.50	+0.12
Majority			7,230	15.96	-5.47
Turnout			45,309	72.58	-4.52
Registered electors			62,425
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.74

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Stirling and Falkirk^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	23,146	52.65	+0.26
	Conservative	Iain Docherty	13,726	31.22	-6.39
	SNP	William A Milne	6,322	14.38	+4.40
	Communist	Peter McIntosh	767	1.74	N/A
Majority			9,420	21.43	+6.67
Turnout			43,961	77.10	-2.75
Registered electors			57,015
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.33

General Election 1964: Stirling and Falkirk^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	23,766	52.39	+2.78
	Conservative	John A Davidson	17,070	37.63	-6.17
	SNP	William A Milne	4,526	9.98	+3.38
Majority			6,696	14.76	+8.95
Turnout			45,362	79.85	-1.22
Registered electors			56,806
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.48

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Stirling and Falkirk^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,423	49.61	+1.45
	Conservative	Robert S Johnston	19,797	43.80	-1.31
	SNP	James Halliday	2,983	6.60	-0.13
Majority			2,626	5.81	+2.76
Turnout			45,203	81.07	+1.41
Registered electors			55,759
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.38

General Election 1955: Stirling and Falkirk^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	20,651	48.16	-4.10
	Conservative	James McMillan	19,345	45.11	-2.63
	SNP	James Halliday	2,885	6.73	N/A
Majority			1,306	3.05	-9.01
Turnout			42,881	79.66	-6.41
Registered electors			53,833
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.74

General Election 1951: Stirling and Falkirk^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	24,421	52.26	+3.30
	Conservative	Lt.-Col William DHC Forbes	22,313	47.74	+2.21
Majority			4,497	12.06	+8.63
Turnout			46,734	86.07	+1.66
Registered electors			54,300
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.55

General Election 1950: Stirling and Falkirk^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	22,186	48.96	-7.17
	Conservative	Lt.-Col William DHC Forbes	20,632	45.53	+1.67
	SNP	R Curan	1,698	3.75	N/A
	Communist	G McAlister	801	1.77	N/A
Majority			1,554	3.43	-8.83
Turnout			45,317	84.41	+12.91
Registered electors			53,689
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.42

Elections in the 1940s

Stirling and Falkirk by-election, 1948^[21] Electorate 47,544
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Malcolm MacPherson	17,001	49.0	-7.1
	Unionist	WDHC Forbes	14,826	42.8	-1.1
	SNP	Robert Curran	2,831	8.2	n/a
Majority			2,175	6.2	-6.0
Turnout				72.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

General Election 1945: Stirling and Falkirk^[22] Electorate 45,666
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rt Hon. Joseph C Westwood	18,326	56.1	+4.9
	Unionist	James Frederick Gordon Thomson	14,323	43.9	-4.9
Majority			4,003	12.2	+9.8
Turnout				71.5	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Stirling and Falkirk^[23] Electorate 44,702
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joseph C Westwood	17,958	51.2	+14.8
	Unionist	James Scott Cumberland Reid	17,087	48.8	-14.8
Turnout				78.4	-3.0
Majority			871	2.4	29.6
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+14.8

General Election 1931: Stirling and Falkirk^[24] Electorate 42,179
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	James Scott Cumberland Reid	21,844	63.6	+32.3
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	12,483	36.4	-11.0
Turnout				81.4	+2.3
Majority			9,361	27.2	43.3
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+21.6

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Stirling and Falkirk ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	15,408	47.4	-6.5
	Unionist	Douglas Jamieson	10,164	31.3	n/a
	Independent Protestant	A Ratcliffe	6,902	21.3	n/a
Turnout				79.1	-2.5
Majority			5,244	16.1	+7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Stirling and Falkirk ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	13,436	53.9	+4.3
	Liberal	Sir George McCrae	11,512	46.1	-4.3
Turnout				81.6
Majority			1,924	7.8	8.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.3

General Election 1923: Stirling and Falkirk ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir George McCrae	10,721	50.4	+3.7
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	10,565	49.6	-3.7
Turnout				71.7	0.0
Majority			156	0.8	7.4
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+3.7

General Election 1922: Stirling and Falkirk ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Murnin	11,073	53.3	+17.6
	National Liberal	Rt Hon. John Archibald Murray Macdonald	9,717	46.7	-17.6
Turnout				71.7	+22.3
Majority			1,356	6.6	35.2
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	+17.6

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Stirling and Falkirk^[29] Electorate 29,443
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. John Archibald Murray Macdonald	9,350	64.3	n/a
	Labour	Archibald Logan	5,201	35.7	n/a
Turnout				49.4	n/a
Majority			4,149	28.6	n/a
	Liberal win

References

1 2 3 4 "'Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9, Part I.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
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↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig

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