Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann agus Dùn Bhlàthain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Stirling council area and the entirety of Clackmannanshire. 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. Created in 2011, the constituency covers much of the area previously in the abolished Ochil constituency.
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Clackmannanshire and Dunblane shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 68,728 (2019)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Keith Brown |
| Council area | Clackmannanshire Stirling |
The seat has been held by Keith Brown of the Scottish National Party since its creation; Brown was previously the MSP for the preceding constituency of Ochil.
Electoral region edit
The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
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 areas edit
The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and largely replaced the former constituency of Ochil, also drawing some areas that were formerly in the Stirling constituency.[2] It covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, whilst the rest of the Stirling council area is covered by the Stirling constituency.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane are:[3]
Member of the Scottish Parliament edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | |
Election results edit
2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Keith Brown[a] | 16,504 | 47.2 |  0.4
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13,077 | 37.4 | 2.6
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| Conservative | Alexander Stewart[b] | 8,953 | 25.6 |  2.4
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9,281 | 26.5 | 1.8
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| Labour | Craig Miller | 8,292 | 23.7 | 1.3
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6,522 | 18.6 | 2.5
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| Scottish Green | 3,306 | 9.4 | 1.7
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| Liberal Democrats | Iliyan Stefanov | 1,194 | 3.4 | 0.8
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1,179 | 3.4 | 0.1
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| Alba | 594 | 1.7 | New | |||||
| Libertarian | 227 | 0.6 | 0.4
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| All for Unity | 208 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 198 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Reform UK | 147 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 104 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 75 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 46 | 0.1 | 1.6
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| Independent | Martin Keatings | 25 | 0.0 | New | ||||
| Renew | 12 | 0.0 | New | |||||
| Independent | Mercy Kamanja | 2 | 0.0 | New | ||||
| Majority | 7,551 | 21.6 | 1.0
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| Valid Votes | 34,943 | 35,003 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 135 | 87 | ||||||
| Turnout | 35,078 | 66.4 | 7.3
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35,090 | 66.4 | 7.4
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| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
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2010s edit
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Keith Brown[a] | 14,147 | 47.6 | 0.7
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12,044 | 40.0 | 4.8
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| Labour | Craig Miller | 7,426 | 25.0 | 10.2
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6,300 | 21.1 | 8.6
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| Conservative | Alexander Stewart[b] | 6,915 | 23.2 | 10.4
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7,363 | 24.7 | 12.6
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| Scottish Green | 2,298 | 7.7 | 2.7
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| Liberal Democrats | Christopher McKinlay | 1,258 | 4.2 | 0.5
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979 | 3.3 | 0.1
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| UKIP | 502 | 1.7 | 0.8
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| Libertarian | 59 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Solidarity | 91 | 0.3 | 0.2
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| RISE | 167 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Majority | 6,721 | 22.6 | 9.5
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| Valid Votes | 29,746 | 29,803 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 113 | 50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,859 | 59.1 | 3.5
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29,853 | 59.0 | 3.4
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| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Keith Brown[a] | 13,253 | 48.3 | N/A | 12,274 | 44.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard Simpson[a] | 9,644 | 35.2 | N/A | 8,148 | 29.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Callum Campbell | 3,501 | 12.8 | N/A | 3,328 | 12.1 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | 1,374 | 5.0 | N/A | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Brett | 1,018 | 3.7 | N/A | 875 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 370 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 284 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
| UKIP | 246 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 178 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 99 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
| CPA | 86 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 83 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 27 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Roger | 35 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
| Majority | 3,609 | 13.1 | N/A | |||||
| Valid Votes | 27,416 | 27,407 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 77 | 78 | ||||||
| Turnout | 27,493 | 55.6 | N/A | 27,485 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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Footnotes edit
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 13. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 93. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Region Election, Thursday 6th May 2021". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Constituency Election, Thursday 6th May 2021". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Region Election, Thursday 5th May 2016". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Constituency Election, Thursday 5th May 2016". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Constituency Election, Thursday 5th May 2011". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Region Election, Thursday 5th May 2011". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links edit
- "Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2021.