Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 56°07′08″N 4°04′55″W / 56.119°N 4.082°W

Stirling
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stirling in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Stirling
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Steven Paterson (SNP)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire West and Kinross & West Perthshire[1]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Stirling is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey, Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace.

1997-2005: The Stirling District electoral divisions of Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace.

2005–present: The Stirling council area.

The constituency covers the whole of the Stirling council area. Most of the area is rural, which has tended to vote Conservative, but there are some large towns in the East, most notably Stirling itself, which used to vote Labour, but has now moved towards SNP. A similar constituency, also called Stirling, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

History

The area covered by the modern constituency was first represented in the British House of Commons in consequence of the Act of Union 1707 in 1708. The county town of Stirling was represented as part of Stirling Burghs and the county was represented by Stirlingshire, each returning one member.

In 1918, Stirling Burghs was abolished and Stirling was then represented by the Stirling & Falkirk Burghs and from 1974 Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth constituencies. Along with Clackmannanshire the county was meanwhile represented by Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire and Stirling and Clackmannan Western (later Stirlingshire West).

The modern constituency of Stirling was established in 1983. In 2005 the west portion of Ochil was moved into Stirling.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Michael Bruce Forsyth	Conservative
	1997	Dame Anne McGuire	Labour
	2015	Steven Paterson	SNP

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2015: Stirling[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Steven Paterson	23,783	45.6	+28.3
	Labour	Johanna Catherine Boyd	13,303	25.5	−16.2
	Conservative	Stephen Charles Kerr[5]	12,051	23.1	−0.9
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell[6]	1,606	3.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Elisabeth Mary Wilson	1,392	2.7	−11.8
Majority			10,480	20.1
Turnout			52,135	77.5	+6.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+22.5

General Election 2010: Stirling[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	19,558	41.8	+5.8
	Conservative	Bob H. Dalrymple	11,204	23.9	−1.1
	SNP	Alison J. Lindsay	8,091	17.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Richard Reed	6,797	14.5	−6.2
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell	746	1.6	−1.4
	UKIP	Paul Henke	395	0.8	+0.4
Majority			8,354	17.9
Turnout			46,791	70.8	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stirling[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	15,729	36.0	−7.0
	Conservative	Stephen Charles Kerr	10,962	25.1	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Kelvin Holdsworth	9,052	20.7	+9.2
	SNP	Ms. Frances Monica McGlinchey	5,503	12.6	−4.5
	Scottish Green	Richard Duncan Illingworth	1,302	3.0	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Rowland Harry Sheret	458	1.0	−1.7
	Independent	James McFarlane McDonald	261	0.6	N/A
	Christian Vote	Michael Dennis Willis	215	0.5	N/A
	UKIP	Matthew Coughlan Desmond	209	0.5	N/A
Majority			4,767	10.9
Turnout			43,691	67.7	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

General Election 2001: Stirling[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	15,175	42.2	−5.2
	Conservative	Geoff Mawdsley	8,901	24.8	−7.7
	SNP	Miss Fiona Elizabeth Macaulay	5,877	16.4	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Edward Freeman	4,208	11.7	+5.5
	Scottish Socialist	Dr. Charles Clarke Mullen	1,012	2.8	N/A
	Scottish Green	Mark Ruskell	757	2.1	N/A
Majority			6,274	17.4
Turnout			35,930	67.7	−14.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stirling[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	20,382	47.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Michael Bruce Forsyth	13,971	32.5	−6.7
	SNP	Ewan Dow	5,752	13.4	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair George Tough	2,675	6.2	+0.5
	UKIP	William McMurdo	154	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Mrs. Elaine Liv McDonald Olsen	24	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,411	14.9
Turnout			42,958	81.8	−0.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.8

General Election 1992: Stirling[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bruce Forsyth	19,174	40.0	+1.7
	Labour	Mrs. Catherine Winifred Phillips	18,471	38.5	+2.3
	SNP	Gerald Alexander Fisher	6,558	13.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	William Brewster Robertson	3,337	7.0	−7.7
	Scottish Green	William Russell Thompson	342	0.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Ross Sharp	68	0.1	N/A
Majority			703	1.5
Turnout			47,950	82.3	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Stirling[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bruce Forsyth	17,591	38.3	−1.7
	Labour	Michael Connarty	16,643	36.2	+8.3
	Liberal	Ian Buchanan McFarlane	6,804	14.8	−9.1
	SNP	Iain Macdonald Lawson	4,897	10.7	+2.5
Majority			948	2.1
Turnout			45,935	79.4	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Stirling[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bruce Forsyth	17,039	40.0	N/A
	Labour	Michael Connarty	11,906	27.9	N/A
	Liberal	James Ross Finnie	10,174	23.9	N/A
	SNP	William Houston	3,488	8.2	N/A
Majority			5,133	12.1	N/A
Turnout			42,607	75.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "'Stirling', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. http://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/council-and-government/politicians-elections-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/westminster-parliament-elections-7-may-2015
5. http://www.kerrforstirling.co.uk/index.html
6. http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/news/scottish-greens-confirm-32-candidates-for-biggest-mp-push
7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)