Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Stirling
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Stirling shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	77,002 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Evelyn Tweed
Council area	Stirling

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

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

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]

• 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

Stirling election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling^[4][5]

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
	Scottish 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 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling^[6]

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
	Scottish 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
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Stirling^[7][8]

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)
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

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 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

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. 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.

External links

• "Stirling constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2021.