Election Results
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Michael Matheson | 15,607 | 55.3 | +13.5 | |
| Labour | Dennis Goldie | 9,862 | 35.0 | -4.3 | |
| Conservative | Allan Finnie | 2,086 | 7.4 | -2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Chomczuk | 644 | 2.3 | -6.5 | |
| Majority | 5,745 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 28,199 | 47.9 | -793 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Falkirk West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | 12,129 | 41.8 | |||
| Labour | 11,386 | 39.3 | |||
| Conservative | 2,929 | 10.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2,548 | 8.9 | |||
| Majority | 743 | 2.6 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Falkirk West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Michael Matheson | 12,068 | 41.9 | +24.1 | |
| Labour | Dennis Goldie | 11,292 | 39.2 | +21.8 | |
| Conservative | Stephen O'Rourke | 2,887 | 10.0 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Chomczuk | 2,538 | 8.8 | +6.0 | |
| Majority | 776 | 2.7 | - | ||
| Turnout | 28,785 | 51.7 | +1.0 | ||
| SNP gain from Independent | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Falkirk West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Dennis Canavan | 14,703 | 55.69 | +0.71 | |
| SNP | Michael Matheson | 4,703 | 17.81 | +0.03 | |
| Labour | Lee Whitehill | 4,589 | 17.38 | -1.39 | |
| Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 1,657 | 6.28 | +0.65 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Kelly | 748 | 2.83 | 0 | |
| Majority | 10,000 | 37.88 | +1.67 | ||
| Turnout | 26,400 | 50.65 | -12.39 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Falkirk West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Dennis Canavan | 18,511 | 54.98 | +54.98 | |
| Labour | Ross Martin | 6,319 | 18.77 | -40.58 | |
| SNP | Michael Matheson | 5,986 | 17.78 | -5.65 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Millar | 1,897 | 5.63 | -6.46 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Hook | 1,889 | 6.26 | -0.97 | |
| Majority | 12,192 | 36.21 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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