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Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Stirling Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Stirling shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Bruce Crawford |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Stirling |
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.
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The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth and Tayside North.
The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus 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.
The Holyrood constituency of Stirling covers most of the Stirling council area. The rest of the council area, a south-eastern portion, is covered by the Mid Scotland and Fife constituency of Ochil, which also covers the Clackmannanshire council area and a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
The constituency includes the city of Stirling itself, the ancient capital of Scotland with its historic castle. Stirling is close to the site of the battles of Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge and is associated, as a consequence, with William Wallace.
Stirling has a university, the University of Stirling, and the student vote is important. Also within the constiteucy are the towns of Dunblane, Crianlarich, Killearn, the tourist town of Callander, and the Trossachs. Agriculture and tourism are the main industries in the more rural part of the constituency.
Traditionally, there are Conservative votes found mainly in the rural areas, and strong Labour support found in the city of Stirling. This has resulted in close-fought battles between the two parties. However, in recent years, Westminster and Holyrood constituencies have been held by Labour.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Sylvia Jackson | Labour | |
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| 2007 | Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | |
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Stirling | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Bruce Crawford | 10,447 | 32.0 | +13.0 | |
| Labour Party | Sylvia Jackson | 9,827 | 30.1 | -5.9 | |
| Conservative Party | 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 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 620 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 32,625 | 62.3 | +5.4 | ||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party | Swing | +9.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Stirling | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Sylvia Jackson | 10,661 | 36.0 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative Party | Brian Monteith | 7,781 | 26.2 | +0.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bruce Crawford | 5,645 | 19.0 | -7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,432 | 11.6 | +2.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Margaret Stewart | 1,486 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Scottish People's Alliance | Keith Harding | 642 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 2,880 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 29,647 | 56.9 | |||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Stirling | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Sylvia Jackson | 13,533 | 37.80 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Annabelle Ewing | 9,522 | 26.68 | N/A | |
| Conservative Party | Brian Monteith | 9,158 | 25.58 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain MacFarlane | 3,407 | 9.52 | N/A | |
| Independent | Simon Kilgour | 155 | 0.43 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,981 | 11.12 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,805 | ||||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
