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 constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the newly reshaped Falkirk East will be 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
Read more about this topic: Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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