Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Falkirk West is a Scottish Parliament constituency in the Falkirk council area, representing communities including parts of the town of Falkirk and surrounding settlements in central Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) canonical | 2 |
| 2011 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5382337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) Context triple: [Denny, scottishParliamentConstituency, Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)]
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A.
Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Linlithgow and East Falkirk is a UK parliamentary constituency in central Scotland that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
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B.
North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
North Tayside was a former Scottish Parliament constituency in the Tayside region, represented in Holyrood from the Parliament’s creation in 1999 until its abolition and replacement by Perthshire North in 2011.
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C.
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
West Scotland is an electoral region of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the country’s western central belt and coastal areas, used to elect additional members under Scotland’s proportional representation system.
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D.
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a Scottish Parliament constituency covering a largely rural area in the south-east of Scotland, including parts of the Scottish Borders.
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E.
Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Linlithgow is a Scottish Parliament constituency in the Lothian region, centered on the historic town of Linlithgow and covering part of West Lothian.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) Target entity description: Falkirk West is a Scottish Parliament constituency in the Falkirk council area, representing communities including parts of the town of Falkirk and surrounding settlements in central Scotland.
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A.
Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Linlithgow and East Falkirk is a UK parliamentary constituency in central Scotland that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
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B.
North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
North Tayside was a former Scottish Parliament constituency in the Tayside region, represented in Holyrood from the Parliament’s creation in 1999 until its abolition and replacement by Perthshire North in 2011.
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C.
West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)
West Scotland is an electoral region of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the country’s western central belt and coastal areas, used to elect additional members under Scotland’s proportional representation system.
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D.
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a Scottish Parliament constituency covering a largely rural area in the south-east of Scotland, including parts of the Scottish Borders.
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E.
Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Linlithgow is a Scottish Parliament constituency in the Lothian region, centered on the historic town of Linlithgow and covering part of West Lothian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish Parliament constituency ⓘ |
| boundaryReviewBody | Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ |
| containsSettlement |
Banknock
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Bonnybridge ⓘ Camelon ⓘ Denny ⓘ Larbert ⓘ Stenhousemuir ⓘ |
| containsTown | Falkirk ⓘ |
| councilArea | Falkirk ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| created | 1999 ⓘ |
| currentMember | Michael Matheson ⓘ |
| currentMemberParty | Scottish National Party ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | first past the post ⓘ |
| electorateType | county constituency ⓘ |
| elects | one constituency MSP by plurality ⓘ |
| geographicLocation | central Scotland ⓘ |
| governmentalJurisdiction | Falkirk council area ⓘ |
| hasElection |
1999 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West
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linked to:
Scottish Parliament election, 1999
2003 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West ⓘ 2007 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West ⓘ 2011 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West ⓘ 2016 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West ⓘ 2021 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West ⓘ |
| hasMemberLabel | Member of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
English
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasParliamentaryTermStart | First Scottish Parliament election 1999 ⓘ |
| legislature | Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| mapCaption | Falkirk West shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Falkirk ⓘ |
| numberOfMembersReturned | 1 ⓘ |
| partOfElectoralRegionSystem | additional member system ⓘ |
| predecessorConstituency | Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ |
| previousMember |
Angus MacDonald
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Dennis Canavan ⓘ |
| previousMemberParty |
Independent
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Scottish Labour Party ⓘ Scottish National Party ⓘ |
| region | Central Scotland electoral region ⓘ |
| regionElectsAdditionalMembers | Central Scotland region elects seven additional MSPs ⓘ |
| represents |
parts of the town of Falkirk
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surrounding settlements in central Scotland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) Description of subject: Falkirk West is a Scottish Parliament constituency in the Falkirk council area, representing communities including parts of the town of Falkirk and surrounding settlements in central Scotland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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hasElection
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2011 Scottish Parliament election in Falkirk West
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linked to: Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)