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| Ochil | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Ochil in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Clackmannan |
| Replaced by | Ochil & South Perthshire Stirling |
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.
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
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Martin O'Neill | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| 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
| 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
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil