Ochil (UK Parliament constituency)

Ochil was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Ochil
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ochil in Scotland for the 2001 general election
19972005
Number of membersOne
Replaced byOchil & South Perthshire
Stirling
Created fromClackmannan

It replaced the former constituency of Clackmannan. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. A western portion was merged into Stirling.

Boundaries

Clackmannan District, the Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey and Cairseland, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral division of Kinross.

The constituency included Alloa, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry, Dollar and Kinross. It covered Clackmannanshire and small portions of Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross.

Members of Parliament

ElectedMember[1]Party
1997 Martin O'Neill Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Election results

General election 2001: Ochil[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 16,004 45.3 +0.3
SNP Keith Brown 10,655 30.2 -4.2
Conservative Alasdair Campbell 4,235 12.0 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Edie 3,253 9.2 +4.0
Scottish Socialist Pauline Thomson 751 2.1 New
Monster Raving Loony Flash Gordon Approaching 405 1.1 New
Majority 5,349 15.1 +4.5
Turnout 35,303 61.3 -16.1
Labour hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ochil[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 19,707 45.0
SNP George Reid 15,055 34.4
Conservative Allan J.M. Hogarth 6,383 14.6
Liberal Democrats Ann M. Watters 2,262 5.2
Referendum Derek H.F. White 210 0.5
Democratic Nationalist Ian D. Macdonald 104 0.2
Natural Law Mike S. Sullivan 65 0.1
Majority 4,652 10.6
Turnout 43,786 77.4
Labour win (new seat)

References

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