Constituency Profile
Constituency: |
Falkirk West |
| Current MSP : | Michael Matheson |
| Current Party : |  |
| Majority 2007(%) : | 2.7 |
2007 Results: |
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| Candidate | Votes | % | % change from '03 | |
 | Michael Matheson | 12068 | 41.92 | +24.11 |
 | Dennis Goldie | 11292 | 39.23 | +21.85 |
 | Stephen O'Rourke | 2887 | 10.03 | +3.75 |
 | Callum Chomczuk | 2538 | 8.82 | +5.99 |
Winnability |
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| Swing req for LAB gain | 1.3479% |
| LAB winability* | 6 |
| Swing req for CON gain | 15.9475% |
| CON winability* | 42 |
| Swing req for LIB gain | 16.5538% |
| LIB winability* | 29 |
| * This is the rank of each seat according to marginality by party | |
Falkirk West Candidate Profiles
|  Michael Matheson MSP . |
|  Dennis Goldie Dennis is the Councillor for Summerford on Falkirk Council. His selection for Falkirk West was controversial in the Labour Party due to Mr Goldie's views on gay rights and his opposition to the removal of Section 28. |
|  Stephen O'Rourke Stephen O'Rourke is a practising Advocate at the Scottish Bar. He believes Falkirk is a part of Scotland that is undergoing immense and exciting regeneration, due to it's location in between Glasgow and Edinburgh. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Joanna. |
|  Callum Chomczuk Callum Chomczuk has had previous electoral experience having stood for the Westminister seat of Falkirk West in the 2005 General Election where he took 16% of the vote. As well as standing for the Scottish Parliament seat of Falkirk West he is also a Regional List Candidate for
Before standing as a candidate himself he has been a media monitor for the MEP Elspeth Attwooll and an intern for the MSP Robert Brown. He was educated in Falkirk and studied at |
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