Falkirk is joined by most of the various sized towns and villages of its council area, including Bainsford, Banknock, Bonnybridge, Brightons, Camelon, Denny, Glen Village/Hallglen, Head of Muir, Laurieston, Maddiston, Polmont, Redding, Rumford, Shieldhill, Tamfourhill, Wallacestone, Westquarter and Whitecross.

In 2013, local officials of Unite, led by Len McCluskey, were accused of abusing membership procedures by "bulk-buying" and "packing" the Falkirk Constituency Labour Party with their own members in an attempt to get their preferred candidate, Karie Murphy (Labour election chief Tom Watson's office manager), selected.

All members who had joined the constituency party in Falkirk after 12 March 2012 (the date Eric Joyce announced he would not stand for re-election) had their memberships suspended.

It does so on behalf of the many decent trade unionists who have joined the Party in good faith and are now to be denied any say in the choice of their Labour parliamentary candidate.

"[7] Len McCluskey rejected the NEC report's allegations that the Falkirk CLP selection was fixed as "smears" against Unite.

[8] In an article for The Guardian, the sitting MP Eric Joyce called the actions of certain Unite officials in Falkirk as "amateurish, hubristic and irresponsible".

Eric Joyce Safia Ali was suspended by the Labour Party over allegations that she made anti-Semitic posts on Facebook.