Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Stirling
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Stirling shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population77,002 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Evelyn Tweed
Council area Stirling

Stirling is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Stirling. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The seat has been held by Evelyn Tweed of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. For the 2005 United Kingdom general election Scottish Westminster constituencies were generally replaced with new larger constituencies whilst Scottish Parliament constituencies were left unchanged, meaning Holyrood and Westminster constituencies no longer aligned. The Stirling Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged and now includes all of the Stirling council area. [2]

The constituency boundaries were altered ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election by the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies. The rest of Stirling council area is represented by the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Stirling are listed below. All of these wards are in Stirling council area: [3]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Sylvia Jackson Labour
2007 Bruce Crawford SNP
2021 Evelyn Tweed

Election results

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Stirling election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling [4] [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Evelyn Tweed 19,88248.6Increase2.svg0.915,77938.5Decrease2.svg1.3
Conservative Dean Lockhart [lower-alpha 1] 12,98731.8Increase2.svg3.811,97729.2Increase2.svg0.5
Labour Chris Kane 6,55616.0Decrease2.svg4.16,01914.7Decrease2.svg2.7
Scottish Green 4,30610.5Increase2.svg2.2
Liberal Democrats Fayzan Rehman1,4663.6Decrease2.svg0.51,3813.4Increase2.svg0.1
Alba 6681.6New
All for Unity 2460.6New
Scottish Family 2280.6New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 970.2New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1140.3New
Reform UK 630.2New
Renew 110.0New
Scottish Libertarian 730.2Steady2.svg0.0
UKIP 480.1Decrease2.svg1.4
Independent Martin Keatings160.0New
Independent Mercy Kamanja00.0New
Majority6,89516.8Decrease2.svg2.9
Valid Votes40,89141,026
Invalid Votes19971
Turnout 41,09069.3Increase2.svg8.841,09769.3Increase2.svg6.0
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Bruce Crawford [lower-alpha 1] 16,30347.7Decrease2.svg1.213,63639.8Decrease2.svg4.1
Conservative Dean Lockhart [lower-alpha 2] 9,58528.0Increase2.svg12.89,83628.7Increase2.svg13.3
Labour Rebecca Bell6,88520.1Decrease2.svg10.15,97217.4Decrease2.svg9.6
Scottish Green 2,8588.3Increase2.svg2.6
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Wilson1,4164.1Decrease2.svg0.21,1393.3Decrease2.svg0.2
UKIP 5071.5Increase2.svg0.6
RISE 1620.5New
Solidarity 1120.3Increase2.svg0.2
Scottish Libertarian 540.2New
Majority6,71819.7Increase2.svg1.0
Valid Votes34,18934,276
Invalid Votes12958
Turnout 34,31861.5Increase2.svg3.034,33463.3Increase2.svg4.8
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg15.4
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling [7] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Bruce Crawford [lower-alpha 1] 14,85848.9N/A13,36643.9N/A
Labour John Hendry9,18830.2N/A8,21527.0N/A
Conservative Neil Benny4,61015.2N/A4,68415.4N/A
Scottish Green 1,7365.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Graham Reed1,2964.3N/A1,0583.5N/A
Independent (politician)Jack Black4541.5N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 3061.0N/A
UKIP 2720.9N/A
Socialist Labour 2650.9N/A
BNP 1820.6N/A
Scottish Socialist 970.3N/A
Scottish Christian 890.3N/A
CPA 860.3N/A
Independent Andrew Roger550.2N/A
Solidarity 270.1N/A
Majority5,67018.7N/A
Valid Votes30,40630,438
Invalid Votes10997
Turnout 30,51558.5N/A30,53558.5N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Bruce Crawford 10,447 32.0 +13.0
Labour Sylvia Jackson 9,82730.1−5.9
Conservative Bob Dalrymple8,08124.8−1.4
Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 3,69311.3−0.3
Peace Liz Law5571.8New
Majority6201.9N/A
Turnout 32,62562.3+5.4
SNP gain from Labour Swing +9.4
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Jackson 10,661 36.0 −1.8
Conservative Brian Monteith 7,78126.2+0.6
SNP Bruce Crawford 5,64519.0−7.7
Liberal Democrats Kenyon Wright 3,43211.6+2.1
Scottish Socialist Margaret Stewart1,4865.0New
Scottish People's Keith Harding 6422.2New
Majority2,8809.8−1.3
Turnout 29,64756.9
Labour hold Swing −2.0

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Jackson 13,533 37.8 N/A
SNP Annabelle Ewing 9,52226.7N/A
Conservative Brian Monteith 9,15825.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Iain MacFarlane3,4079.5N/A
Independent Simon Kilgour1550.4N/A
Majority3,98111.1N/A
Turnout 35,805
Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes

  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 93. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. "Constituencies A-Z: Stirling". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. "Scottish Parliament Election 2021". Stirling Council. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. "Scottish Parliament Election 2016". Stirling Council. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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