falkirk west by-election, 2000

The Member of Parliament for Falkirk, West, Dennis Canavan, (elected as Labour but sitting as an Independent) accepted the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on November 21, 2000. A by-election to fill the seat was held on December 21. The Scottish National Party mounted a strong challenge, but fell 1,200 votes short of a memorable victory.

Results

The turnout was 36.1%. Candidate>

b>Party	Votes	Share	Change
a href="/encyclopedia/Eric-Joyce" title="Eric Joyce">Eric Joyce	Labour	align=right\|8,942	align=right\|43.5%	align=right\|-15.9%
avid Kerr	Scottish National Party	align=right\|7,787	align=right\|39.9%	align=right\|+16.5%
raig Stevenson	Conservative	align=right\|1,621	align=right\|8.3%	align=right\|-3.8%
ain Hunter	Scottish Socialist Party	align=right\|989	align=right\|5.1%
ugh O'Donnell	Liberal Democrat	align=right\|615	align=right\|3.2%	align=right\|-1.9%

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b>Party	Votes	Share
a href="/encyclopedia/Dennis-Canavan" title="Dennis Canavan">Dennis Canavan	(Lab)	align=right\|22,772	align=right\|59.4%
avid Alexander	(SNP)	align=right\|8,989	align=right\|23.4%
arol Buchanan	(C)	align=right\|4,639	align=right\|12.1%
erek Houston	(L Dem)	align=right\|1,970	align=right\|5.1%

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