Falkirk East and Linlithgow is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament which elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it also forms one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The seat was first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, where it was won by Martyn Day of the Scottish National Party.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Bathgate, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region includes all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
Constituency boundaries and council area The Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituency was created by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. It covers parts of the former constituencies of Falkirk East and Linlithgow, with the remainder of the Linlithgow seat forming the new Bathgate constituency. It covers parts of the Falkirk and West Lothian council areas.
The following electoral wards were used to define the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries:Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140. In Falkirk: all of the Bo'ness and Blackness, Grangemouth, Lower Braes, and Upper Braes wards; and parts of the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst and Falkirk South wards. In West Lothian: part of the Linlithgow ward.
Members Election Member Party 2026 Martyn Day SNP
Election results 2020s
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See also List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2026–) Linlithgow and East Falkirk, UK Parliament constituency
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