Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centered on the town of Falkirk and surrounding communities in central Scotland.

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Label Occurrences
Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
abbreviation Falkirk ⓘ
boundaryReview Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
containsCommunity surrounding communities of Falkirk ⓘ
containsTown Falkirk ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Falkirk council area ⓘ
created 2005 ⓘ
devolvedNation Scotland ⓘ
electoralRegion Scotland ⓘ
electoralSystem plurality voting ⓘ
electorate tens of thousands of registered voters ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentalBodyType parliamentary constituency ⓘ
hasElection 2010 United Kingdom general election in Falkirk ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election in Falkirk ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election in Falkirk ⓘ
2019 United Kingdom general election in Falkirk ⓘ
hasSettlement Bonnybridge ⓘ
Bo’ness (part, depending on boundaries) ⓘ
linked to: Bo’ness

Camelon ⓘ
Polmont ⓘ
hasTown Grangemouth ⓘ
Larbert ⓘ
Stenhousemuir ⓘ
includesArea Falkirk council area (most of) ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom general elections ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
central Scotland ⓘ
mapsTo Falkirk local government area (most of) ⓘ
MP John McNally ⓘ
notableEvent 2013 Labour Party selection controversy ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
predecessor Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
previousMP Eric Joyce ⓘ
previousMPParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
previousMPStatus Independent (after leaving Labour) ⓘ
region Central Scotland ⓘ
linked to: central Scotland
replaced Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
representedByParty Scottish National Party ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denny → parliamentaryConstituency → Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Larbert → parliamentaryConstituency → Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Larbert → parliamentaryConstituency → Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: LARBERT