Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Stirling | |
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County Stirling |
Stirling is a
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
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
The constituency boundaries were altered ahead of the
The electoral wards used in the creation of Stirling are listed below. All of these wards are in Stirling council area:[3]
- Bannockburn
- Forth and Endrick
- Stirling East
- Stirling North (known as Castle until 2017)
- Stirling West
- Trossachs and Teith
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Sylvia Jackson | Labour | |
2007 | Bruce Crawford | SNP | |
2021 | Evelyn Tweed |
Election results
2020s
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Evelyn Tweed | 19,882 | 48.6 | 0.9 | 15,779 | 38.5 | 1.3 | |
Conservative | Dean Lockhart[a] | 12,987 | 31.8 | 3.8 | 11,977 | 29.2 | 0.5 | |
Labour | Chris Kane | 6,556 | 16.0 | 4.1 | 6,019 | 14.7 | 2.7 | |
Scottish Green | 4,306 | 10.5 | 2.2 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 1,466 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 1,381 | 3.4 | 0.1 | |
Alba | 668 | 1.6 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 246 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 228 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 97 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 114 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 63 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Renew | 11 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 73 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
UKIP | 48 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |||||
Independent
|
Martin Keatings | 16 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Independent
|
Mercy Kamanja | 0 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 6,895 | 16.8 | 2.9 | |||||
Valid Votes | 40,891 | 41,026 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 199 | 71 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,090 | 69.3 | 8.8 | 41,097 | 69.3 | 6.0 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Bruce Crawford[a] | 16,303 | 47.7 | 1.2 | 13,636 | 39.8 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Dean Lockhart[b] | 9,585 | 28.0 | 12.8 | 9,836 | 28.7 | 13.3 | |
Labour
|
Rebecca Bell | 6,885 | 20.1 | 10.1 | 5,972 | 17.4 | 9.6 | |
Scottish Green | 2,858 | 8.3 | 2.6 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Elisabeth Wilson | 1,416 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 1,139 | 3.3 | 0.2 | |
UKIP
|
507 | 1.5 | 0.6 | |||||
RISE
|
162 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 112 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||
Libertarian | 54 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Majority | 6,718 | 19.7 | 1.0 | |||||
Valid Votes | 34,189 | 34,276 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 129 | 58 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,318 | 61.5 | 3.0 | 34,334 | 63.3 | 4.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 15.4 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Bruce Crawford[a] | 14,858 | 48.9 | N/A | 13,366 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Labour
|
John Hendry | 9,188 | 30.2 | N/A | 8,215 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Conservative
|
Neil Benny | 4,610 | 15.2 | N/A | 4,684 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Green
|
1,736 | 5.7 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 1,296 | 4.3 | N/A | 1,058 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Independent (politician) | Jack Black | 454 | 1.5 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 306 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
UKIP
|
272 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 265 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 182 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 97 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian
|
89 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 86 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Independent
|
Andrew Roger | 55 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Solidarity | 27 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 5,670 | 18.7 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 30,406 | 30,438 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 109 | 97 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,515 | 58.5 | N/A | 30,535 | 58.5 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Bruce Crawford | 10,447 | 32.0 | +13.0 | |
Labour
|
Sylvia Jackson | 9,827 | 30.1 | −5.9 | |
Conservative
|
Bob Dalrymple | 8,081 | 24.8 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 3,693 | 11.3 | −0.3 | |
Peace
|
Liz Law | 557 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 620 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,625 | 62.3 | +5.4 | ||
Labour
|
Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour
|
Sylvia Jackson | 10,661 | 36.0 | −1.8 | |
Conservative
|
Brian Monteith | 7,781 | 26.2 | +0.6 | |
SNP | Bruce Crawford | 5,645 | 19.0 | −7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,432 | 11.6 | +2.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Margaret Stewart | 1,486 | 5.0 | New | |
Scottish People's
|
Keith Harding | 642 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,880 | 9.8 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,647 | 56.9 | |||
Labour hold
|
Swing | −2.0 |
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour
|
Sylvia Jackson | 13,533 | 37.8 | N/A | |
SNP | Annabelle Ewing | 9,522 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Conservative
|
Brian Monteith | 9,158 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain MacFarlane | 3,407 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Simon Kilgour | 155 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,981 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,805 | ||||
Labour win (new seat)
|
Footnotes
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- Boundary Commission for Scotland. December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 93. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Stirling". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Election 2021". Stirling Council. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Election 2016". Stirling Council. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
External links
- "Stirling constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2021.