Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were reformed and reshaped.

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

[4] The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Falkirk council area.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly reshaped Falkirk West was formed from the following electoral wards:[5]