Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stirling County constituency |
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| Stirling shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Anne McGuire |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Stirling |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Stirling is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the whole of the Stirling council area. Most of the area is rural, but there are some large towns in the east, most notably Stirling itself. A similar constituency, also called Stirling, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party |
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| 1983 | Michael Forsyth | Conservative |
| 1997 | Anne McGuire | Labour |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stirling | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anne McGuire | 15,729 | 36.0 | −7.0 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Kerr | 10,962 | 25.1 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kelvin Holdsworth | 9,052 | 20.7 | +9.2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Frances McGlinchey | 5,503 | 12.6 | −4.5 | |
| Scottish Green | Duncan Illingworth | 1,302 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rowland Sheret | 458 | 1.0 | −1.7 | |
| Independent | James McDonald | 261 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Christian Vote | Michael Willis | 215 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Matthew 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anne McGuire | 15,175 | 42.2 | −5.2 | |
| Conservative | Geoff Mawdsley | 8,901 | 24.8 | −7.7 | |
| Scottish National Party | Fiona Macaulay | 5,877 | 16.4 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Clive Freeman | 4,208 | 11.7 | +5.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Clarke Mullen | 1,012 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| Green | Mark Ruskell | 757 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,274 | 17.4 | |||
| Turnout | 35,930 | 67.7 | −14.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Stirling | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anne McGuire | 20,382 | 47.4 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | Michael Forsyth | 13,971 | 32.5 | −6.7 | |
| Scottish National Party | Ewan Dow | 5,752 | 13.4 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | A.G. Tough | 2,675 | 6.2 | +0.5 | |
| UK Independence | Clarke Mullen | 154 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mrs. E.L.M. Olsen | 24 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,411 | 14.9 | |||
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| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
