Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Stirling is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife 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.

Not to be confused with Stirling (Parliament of Scotland constituency) or Stirling (UK Parliament constituency).

Stirling
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Stirling shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Bruce Crawford
Council area	Stirling

Electoral region

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament 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 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were generally replaced with new larger constituencies.[1] The Stirling Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged to include all of the Stirling council area.

The rest of Stirling is represented by the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Stirling were:

• Trossachs and Teith, Forth and Endrick, Castle, Stirling West, Stirling East, Bannockburn

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Sylvia Jackson	Labour
	2007	Bruce Crawford	Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Bruce Crawford	16,303	47.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Dean Lockhart	9,585	28.0	+12.8
	Labour	Rebecca Bell	6,885	20.1	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Wilson	1,416	4.1	-0.2
Majority			6,718	19.7	+1.2
Turnout			34,189	61.3
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Bruce Crawford	14,858	48.9	+16.1
	Labour	John Hendry	9,188	30.2	-3.8
	Conservative	Neil Benny	4,610	15.2	-6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Reed	1,296	4.3	-5.5
	Independent	Jack Black	454	1.5	N/A
Majority			5,670	18.5	N/A
Turnout			30,406
	SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling

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
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+9.4

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling

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 Peoples Alliance	Keith Harding	642	2.2	New
Majority			2,880	9.8	-1.3
Turnout			29,647	56.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling

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

1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine