Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)


Stirling is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality 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.

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 constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were generally replaced with new larger constituencies. 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:

Election results

2010s

2000s

1990s

Footnotes