Falkirk
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About the Falkirk constituency
Falkirk is a county constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Euan Stainbank (Labour), MP since July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 43.0% to 31.3% for the SNP, a majority of 4,996 votes on a 57.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the SNP on 32.7% and Labour on 28.0%, a margin of 4.7 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Falkirk? Constituency demographics
From Scotland's 2022 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Falkirk vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Falkirk
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Falkirk voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Falkirk crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries (approximate share of the seat's area in each): Falkirk East and Linlithgow (56%), Falkirk West (42%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Approx. share of Falkirk's area | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk East and Linlithgow | 56% | SNP 38.6% | Labour 24.1% | Martyn Day |
| Falkirk West | 42% | SNP 41.2% | Reform UK 22.6% | Gary Bouse |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are approximate shares of the Westminster seat's land area, not of its electorate. They come from an area overlay of the post-2024 Westminster boundary on simplified Holyrood second-review boundaries (in force from 7 May 2026), so they do not always sum to 100% and small overlaps may be artefacts of the simplified boundaries.
Falkirk within Falkirk
Falkirk sits entirely within Falkirk Council. Falkirk was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results with vote counts available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Falkirk | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2024 | Falkirk South | Lab HOLD | SNP 31% Lab 30% Con 15% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council result per ward, from the most recent election with vote counts available. How this table is sourced ›
Scottish council wards elect several councillors each by STV, so for these wards the table shows first preferences, not seats: the party with the most first-preference votes and each other party's share. 2022 figures are from the official cast-vote records.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council first preferences | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnybridge and Larbert | Labour 43.7%vs SNP 32.1% | 2022 SNP 33.9%Independent 25.2%, Conservative 18.4%, Labour 17.6%, Green 4.9% | - | 33.8% |
| Denny and Banknock | Labour 43.0%vs SNP 36.8% | 2022 SNP 46.5%Labour 20.7%, Conservative 16.2%, Independent 13.5%, Green 3.1% | - | 31.2% |
| Falkirk North | Labour 47.7%vs SNP 33.2% | 2022 SNP 47.4%Labour 28.9%, Conservative 13.3%, Green 5.9%, Others 4.5% | - | 16.3% |
| Falkirk South | Labour 42.7%vs SNP 32.7% | 2022 SNP 41.7%Conservative 28.6%, Labour 22.3%, Green 5.7%, Independent 1.8% | - | 45.6% |
| Grangemouth | Labour 47.0%vs SNP 33.0% | 2022 SNP 44.9%Labour 23.4%, Independent 15.2%, Conservative 13.6%, Green 2.4%, Others 0.5% | - | 24.2% |
| Lower Braes | Labour 48.0%vs SNP 31.0% | 2022 SNP 39.4%Labour 27.0%, Conservative 23.3%, Green 5.8%, Lib Dem 3.2%, Others 1.3% | - | 43.0% |
| Upper Braes | Labour 47.0%vs SNP 31.0% | 2022 SNP 34.9%Labour 23.1%, Conservative 21.9%, Independent 10.9%, Green 5.6%, Lib Dem 2.5%, Others 1.1% | - | 39.2% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Falkirk at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Falkirk at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | SNP | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Eric Joyce | 45.7% | 11.2% | 10.3% | 30.3% | 7,843 | 62.0% |
| 2015 | SNP gain from Lab | John McNally | 25.1% | 12.1% | 2.0% | 57.7% | 19,701 | 72.4%+10.4 |
| 2017 | SNP hold | John Mc Nally | 29.8% | 26.2% | 2.1% | 38.9% | 4,923 | 65.4%-7.0 |
| 2019notional | Scottish National Party winner | John McNally 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 12.1% | 25.9% | 6.8% | 51.8% | 12,578 | 64.9%-0.5 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from SNP | Euan Stainbank | 43.0% | 8.4% | 2.6% | 31.3% | 4,996 | 57.9%-7.0 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Falkirk
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Falkirk. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Private rent8.7 / 8.8vs 20.2
- ↓Leave42.1 / 42.6vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent25.5 / 25.1vs 16.8
- ↓Private rent8.7 / 8.3vs 20.2
- ↓Leave42.1 / 41.2vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent25.5 / 25.8vs 16.8
- ↓Private rent8.7 / 9.6vs 20.2
- ↓Leave42.1 / 43.3vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate40.7 / 40.7vs 33.7
- ↓Leave42.1 / 39.5vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent8.7 / 9.8vs 20.2
- ↑Social rent25.5 / 24.4vs 16.8
- ↓Private rent8.7 / 7.6vs 20.2
- ↓Leave42.1 / 37.9vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate40.7 / 41.6vs 33.7
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic model at the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls, built from the British Election Study Internet Panel (Fieldhouse et al.), Census 2021 (ONS) and Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). The trajectory was recalculated with the current model, introduced in autumn 2026.
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