General election for the constituency of Falkirk on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Falkirk, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

SNP gain from Labour by John McNally with a majority of 19,701 - 32.6% - on a turnout of 72.4%.

An electorate of 83,380, having a valid vote count of 60,340 and an invalid vote count of 57.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MCNALLY, John SNP 34,831 57.7% 27.5%
WHITEFIELD, Karen Lab 15,130 25.1% -20.6%
HARRIS, Alison Con 7,325 12.1% 0.9%
COBURN, David UKIP 1,829 3.0% 0.5%
MILNE, Galen LD 1,225 2.0% -8.3%

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 02:29 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.