2000 Falkirk West by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The 2000 Falkirk West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 2000 for the Scottish constituency of Falkirk West. It was the last by-election to be held before the 2001 general election.
The vacancy was caused by the resignation from the UK House of Commons of Dennis Canavan, the member of parliament (MP) for Falkirk West. Canavan had first been elected for West Stirlingshire in the October 1974 election as a Labour Party candidate, and had held that seat until its abolition in 1983. He had then won the new Falkirk West seat, and held that seat as a Labour MP until he was expelled from Labour in 1999. He then sat as an Independent until he resigned on 21 November 2000 by accepting the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
A by-election to fill the seat was held on 21 December. The Scottish National Party mounted a strong challenge, but fell 705 votes short of winning.
Result
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Craig Stevenson | 1,621 | 8.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Iain Hunter | 989 | 5.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Hugh O'Donnell | 615 | 3.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 705 | 3.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 19,504 | 36.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -16.2 | |||
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General Election result, 1997
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| General Election 1997: Falkirk West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Alexander | 8,989 | 23.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Carol Buchanan | 4,639 | 12.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Derek Houston | 1,970 | 5.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 13,783 | 35.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 38,370 | 72.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
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External links
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