Election Results
| General Election 2010: Falkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 23,207 | 45.7 | -5.2 | |
| SNP | John McNally | 15,364 | 30.3 | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | Katie Mackie | 5,698 | 11.2 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kieran Leach | 5,225 | 10.3 | -5.7 | |
| UKIP | Brian Goldie | 1,283 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 7,843 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 50,777 | 62.0 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
| General Election 2005: Falkirk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Joyce | 23,264 | 50.9% | -2.9 | |
| SNP | Laura Love | 9,789 | 21.4% | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Callum Chomczuk | 7,321 | 16.0% | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | David Potts | 4,538 | 9.9% | +1.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Danny Quinlan | 838 | 1.8% | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,475 | 29.5% | |||
| Turnout | 45,750 | 59.6 | +2.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
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