# Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. It ceased to be a District of Burghs in 1950, but a constituency of the same name covering the same burghs continued in existence. In 1974 it became Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. This was in turn abolished in 1983; it was the last British constituency (apart from those including islands) to consist of non-contiguous parts.

## Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.

## Members of Parliament
### Stirling and Falkirk (1918-1974)

| Year | Year | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | John Macdonald | Liberal |
| | 1922 | Hugh Murnin | Labour |
| | 1923 | Sir George McCrae | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Hugh Murnin | Labour |
| | 1931 | James Reid, later Baron Reid | Conservative |
| | 1935 | Joseph Westwood | Labour |
| | 1948 by-election | Malcolm MacPherson | Labour |
| | 1971 by-election | Harry Ewing | Labour |
| Feb 1974 | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

### Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (1974-1983)

| Year | Year | Member | Party |
| | Feb 1974 | Harry Ewing | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Ewing | 29,499 | 56.47 | +13.22 |
| | Conservative | William Dunn Boyles | 13,881 | 26.57 | +12.50 |
| | SNP | John Archibald Donachy | 8,856 | 16.95 | −22.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,618 | 29.90 | +26.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,236 | 78.95 | −0.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.36 | |
General election October 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Ewing | 22,090 | 43.25 | +1.39 |
| | SNP | Robert McIntyre | 20,324 | 39.79 | +5.26 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Alexander Campbell | 7,186 | 14.07 | −9.54 |
| | Liberal | John David Angles | 1,477 | 2.89 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,766 | 3.46 | −3.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,077 | 79.36 | −1.87 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.87 | |
General election February 1974: Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Ewing | 21,685 | 41.86 | −8.87 |
| | SNP | Robert McIntyre | 17,886 | 34.53 | +20.03 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Alexander Campbell | 12,228 | 23.61 | −11.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,799 | 7.33 | −8.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,799 | 81.23 | +8.65 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.45 | |
1971 Stirling and Falkirk by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Ewing | 17,536 | 46.47 | −4.26 |
| | SNP | Robert McIntyre | 13,048 | 34.58 | +20.08 |
| | Conservative | David R Anderson | 7,149 | 18.95 | −15.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,488 | 11.89 | −4.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,733 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.17 | |
General election 1970: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,984 | 50.73 | −1.92 |
| | Conservative | David R Anderson | 15,754 | 34.77 | +3.55 |
| | SNP | Iain Murray | 6,571 | 14.50 | +0.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,230 | 15.96 | −5.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,309 | 72.58 | −4.52 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.74 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 23,146 | 52.65 | +0.26 |
| | Conservative | Iain Docherty | 13,726 | 31.22 | −6.39 |
| | SNP | Sandy Milne | 6,322 | 14.38 | +4.40 |
| | Communist | Peter McIntosh | 767 | 1.74 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,420 | 21.43 | +6.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,961 | 77.10 | −2.75 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.33 | |
General election 1964: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 23,766 | 52.39 | +2.78 |
| | Unionist | John A Davidson | 17,070 | 37.63 | −6.17 |
| | SNP | Sandy Milne | 4,526 | 9.98 | +3.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,696 | 14.76 | +8.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,362 | 79.85 | −1.22 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.48 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,423 | 49.61 | +1.45 |
| | Unionist | Robert S Johnston | 19,797 | 43.80 | −1.31 |
| | SNP | Jimmy Halliday | 2,983 | 6.60 | −0.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,626 | 5.81 | +2.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,203 | 81.07 | +1.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.38 | |
General election 1955: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 20,651 | 48.16 | −4.10 |
| | Unionist | James McMillan | 19,345 | 45.11 | −2.63 |
| | SNP | Jimmy Halliday | 2,885 | 6.73 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,306 | 3.05 | −9.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,881 | 79.66 | −6.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.74 | |
General election 1951: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 24,421 | 52.26 | +3.30 |
| | Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 22,313 | 47.74 | +2.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,108 | 4.52 | +1.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,734 | 86.07 | +1.66 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.55 | |
General election 1950: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 22,186 | 48.96 | −7.17 |
| | Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 20,632 | 45.53 | +1.67 |
| | SNP | Robert Curran | 1,698 | 3.75 | N/A |
| | Communist | G McAlister | 801 | 1.77 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,554 | 3.43 | −8.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,317 | 84.41 | +12.91 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.42 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1948 Stirling and Falkirk by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacPherson | 17,001 | 49.0 | −7.1 |
| | Unionist | William D H C Forbes | 14,826 | 42.8 | −1.1 |
| | SNP | Robert Curran | 2,831 | 8.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,175 | 6.2 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,658 | 72.9 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
General election 1945: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Westwood | 18,326 | 56.1 | +4.9 |
| | Unionist | James Frederick Gordon Thomson | 14,323 | 43.9 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,003 | 12.2 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,649 | 71.5 | −6.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Westwood | 17,958 | 51.2 | +14.8 |
| | Unionist | James Reid | 17,087 | 48.8 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 871 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,045 | 78.4 | −3.0 |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +14.8 | |
General election 1931: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Reid | 21,844 | 63.6 | +32.3 |
| | Labour | Hugh Murnin | 12,483 | 36.4 | −11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,361 | 27.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,327 | 81.4 | +2.3 |
| | Unionist gain from Labour | Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +21.6 | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Murnin | 15,408 | 47.4 | −6.5 |
| | Unionist | Douglas Jamieson | 10,164 | 31.3 | New |
| | Independent Protestant | A Ratcliffe | 6,902 | 21.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,244 | 16.1 | +8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,474 | 79.1 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1924: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Murnin | 13,436 | 53.9 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | George McCrae | 11,512 | 46.1 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,924 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,948 | 81.6 | +9.9 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |
General election 1923: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George McCrae | 10,721 | 50.4 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Hugh Murnin | 10,565 | 49.6 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,286 | 71.7 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +3.7 | |
General election 1922: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Murnin | 11,073 | 53.3 | +17.6 |
| | National Liberal | John Macdonald | 9,717 | 46.7 | −17.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,356 | 6.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,790 | 71.7 | +22.3 |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +17.6 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stirling and Falkirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Macdonald | 9,350 | 64.3 | |
| | Labour | Archibald Logan | 5,201 | 35.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,149 | 28.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,551 | 49.4 | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |