Falkirk East and Linlithgow

Not to be confused with Linlithgow and Falkirk East.

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.

Falkirk East and Linlithgow
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Falkirk East and Linlithgow shown within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral region	Central Scotland and Lothians West
Electorate	68,123 (2026)
Major settlements	Falkirk, Linlithgow, Bo'ness, Grangemouth
Current constituency
Created	2026
Seats	1
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Martyn Day
Council area	Falkirk
Created from	Falkirk East & Linlithgow

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

See also: Central Scotland and Lothians West

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.

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:

• 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

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Falkirk East and Linlithgow

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Martyn Day	14,465	38.6	8.4	9,827	26.1	N/A
	Labour	Siobhan Paterson	9,030	24.1	3.0	7,156	19.0	N/A
	Reform	Amanda Bland	7,906	21.1	New	7,700	20.5	N/A
	Green					5,079	13.5	N/A
	Conservative	Lewis Stein	2,861	7.6	12.9	3,594	9.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	2,501	6.7	3.3	2,617	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Ian El-Paget	759	2.0	New
	Scottish Family					345	0.9	N/A
	Independent Green Voice					308	0.8	N/A
	AtLS					244	0.6	N/A
	ISP					216	0.6	N/A
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					171	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					112	0.3	N/A
	Advance UK					92	0.2	N/A
	Workers Party					91	0.2	N/A
	Scottish Libertarian					36	0.1	N/A
	UKIP					25	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,435	14.5	N/A
Valid votes			37,495			37,613
Invalid votes			151			103
Turnout			37,673	55.1	0.8	37,716	55.4	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes

References

Bibliography

• "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

See also

• List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2026–)
• Linlithgow and East Falkirk, UK Parliament constituency

External links

• "Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2025.