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Ochil
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

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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.^{[citation needed]}

Members of Parliament

Elected		Member^[1]	Party
	1997	Martin O'Neill	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Election results

General election 2001: Ochil^[2]^[3]
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

General election 1997: Ochil^[4]^[5]
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

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"

[electoralcalculus2001-2] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[3] BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil

[electoralcalculus1997-4] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[5] Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil

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 {{Infobox UK constituency main
  |name        = Ochil
  |parliament  = uk
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+ |map_entity  = Scotland
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-'''Ochil''' was a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|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.
+'''Ochil''' was a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1997 until 2005. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP by the [[first-past-the-post]] voting system.
 It replaced the former constituency of [[Clackmannan (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackmannan]]. In 2005 it was mostly merged into the new constituency of [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]]. A western portion was merged into [[Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling]].
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 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]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}
+The constituency included [[Alloa]], [[Clackmannan]], [[Tillicoultry]], [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|Dollar]] and [[Kinross]]. It covered [[Clackmannanshire]] and small portions of [[Stirlingshire]] and [[Perth and Kinross]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}
 == Members of Parliament ==
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 !colspan="2"|Elected !! Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|o|date=March 2012}}</ref> !! Party
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
-| [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]
+| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
 | [[Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan|Martin O'Neill]]
 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
 |-
 |
-| [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]]
+| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
 |colspan="2"|''constituency abolished''
 |}
 == Election results ==
-{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: Ochil<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/enwiki/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/442.stm BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil]
+{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Ochil<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/enwiki/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/442.stm BBC News - Vote 2001 - Results - Ochil]
-</ref>}}
+</ref>
+}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
   |candidate  = [[Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan|Martin O'Neill]]
   |votes      = 16,004
   |percentage = 45.3
-  |change      =
+  |change      = +0.3
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 10,655
   |percentage = 30.2
-  |change      =
+  |change      = -4.2
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 4,235
   |percentage = 12.0
-  |change      =
+  |change      = -2.6
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 3,253
   |percentage = 9.2
-  |change      =
+  |change      = +4.0
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 751
   |percentage = 2.1
-  |change      =
+  |change     = ''New''
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 405
   |percentage = 1.1
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      = ''New''
 }}
 {{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 5,349
-  |percentage = 15.2
+  |percentage = 15.1
-  |change     = +4.6
+  |change     = +4.5
 }}
 {{Election box turnout|
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 }}
 {{Election box end}}
 === Elections in the 1990s ===
-{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1997|General Election 1997]]: Ochil<ref>[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/647.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil]</ref><ref name="electionweb97">{{cite web|title=Ochil|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P97442.htm#97001|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Ochil<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/647.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Ochil]</ref>
+}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
   |candidate  = [[Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan|Martin O'Neill]]
   |votes      = 19,707
   |percentage = 45.0
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 15,055
   |percentage = 34.4
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 6,383
   |percentage = 14.6
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 2,262
   |percentage = 5.2
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 210
   |percentage = 0.5
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate
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   |votes      = 104
   |percentage = 0.2
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
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   |votes      = 65
   |percentage = 0.1
-  |change      = ''N/A''
+  |change      =
 }}
 {{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 4,652
   |percentage = 10.6
-  |change     = ''N/A''
+  |change     =
 }}
 {{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 43,786
   |percentage = 77.4
-  |change     = ''N/A''
+  |change     =
 }}
 {{Election box new seat win|
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 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)]]
-[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997]]
+[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997]]
-[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2005]]
+[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005]]
 [[Category:Politics of Clackmannanshire]]