Stirling and Strathallan | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Stirlingshire and Perth and Kinross |
Major settlements | Stirling, Dunblane, Bannockburn, Bridge of Allan |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Kane (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Stirling & Ochil and South Perthshire |
Stirling and Strathallan is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency name refers to the city of Stirling and the valley of Strathallan.
The constituency comprises the following wards of the Stirling council area: [2]
From the Stirling constituency:
And in Perth and Kinross:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Kane | 16,856 | 33.9 | +26.2 | |
SNP | Alyn Smith | 15,462 | 31.1 | −18.7 | |
Conservative | Neil Benny | 9,469 | 19.0 | −16.0 | |
Reform UK | Bill McDonald | 3,145 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Hamish Taylor | 2,530 | 5.1 | −0.7 | |
Scottish Green | Andrew Adam | 2,320 | 4.7 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 1,394 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 50,024 | 65.6 | −9.80 | ||
Registered electors | 76,284 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | -16.2 |
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