Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency).

For the 1708–1918 constituency, see Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency).

Stirling
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stirling in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Stirling
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Anne McGuire (Labour)
Number of members	One
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

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.

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	Party
	1983	Michael Forsyth	Conservative
	1997	Anne McGuire	Labour

Election results

General Election, 2010: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	19,558	41.8	+5.8
	Conservative	Bob Dalrymple	11,204	23.9	-1.1
	SNP	Alison Lindsay	8,091	17.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham 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

General Election 2005: Stirling
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
	SNP	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
	UKIP	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	15,175	42.2	−5.2
	Conservative	Geoff Mawdsley	8,901	24.8	−7.7
	SNP	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
	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

General Election 1997: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne McGuire	20,382	47.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Michael Forsyth	13,971	32.5	−6.7
	SNP	Ewan Dow	5,752	13.4	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	A.G. Tough	2,675	6.2	+0.5
	UKIP	Clarke Mullen	154	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Mrs. E.L.M. Olsen	24	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,411	14.9
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.8

General Election 1992: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Forsyth	19,174	40.0
	Labour	Kate Phillips	18,471	38.5
	SNP	Fiona Macaulay	6,558	13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Willie Robertson	3,337	7.0
	Scottish Green	Clarke Mullen	342	0.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	R Sharp	68	0.1	N/A
Majority			703
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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