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Falkirk

Shows the general election results for Falkirk, which is a county in Scotland. It is comprised of 2 constituencies (showhide). In 2019 it had a total electorate of 171,516 and a turnout of 66.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

Electorate
171,516
Turnout
66.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
SNP 48.3%
Con 25.2%
Lab 14.7%
LD 7.4%
Green 2.7%
Others 1.6%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Party SNP Con Lab LD Green Others Total
Seats won 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 55 29 17 8 3 2 114
% vote 48.3% 25.2% 14.7% 7.4% 2.7% 1.6% 100.0%
Change +10.7% -2.4% -15.7% +4.6% +1.9% +1.6% 0%
Candidates 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Deposits lost 0 0 0 0 2 2 4

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
2005 22.5% 10.9% 49.3% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7%
2010 27.8% 11.6% 47.8% 11.6% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0%
2015 54.9% 12.1% 28.1% 2.0% 0.0% 2.9% 0.1%
2017 37.6% 27.7% 30.5% 2.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0%
2019 48.3% 25.2% 14.7% 7.4% 2.7% 0.0% 1.6%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2019

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
2005 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2015 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 23.1%
1 Falkirk 26.8%
2 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 19.5%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 23.1%
1 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 19.5%
2 Falkirk 26.8%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 48.3%
1 Falkirk 52.5%
2 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 44.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 48.3%
1 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 44.2%
2 Falkirk 52.5%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.3%
1 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 66.4%
2 Falkirk 66.1%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 66.3%
1 Falkirk 66.1%
2 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 66.4%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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