Stirling North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council.[2] Originally known as Castle from its creation in 2007, it returned three councillors and covered northern parts of the small city of Stirling, including Causewayhead, Cornton, Raploch and the town centre, as well as Stirling Castle from which the name derived. A 2017 national boundary review saw the ward become larger; this new territory consisted largely of an uninhabited area on the western slopes of the Ochil Hills and a rural area south of Blairlogie, but also incorporating the Cambuskenneth and Riverside neighbourhoods, with an increase in the electorate and an additional seat. It was also re-named at that time to the more descriptive Stirling North title. In 2019, the ward had a population of 16,476.[3]
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jim Thompson (SNP) |
John Hendry (Labour) |
Graham Reed (Liberal Democrats) |
3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Johanna Boyd (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Danny Gibson (Labour) |
Susan McGill (SNP) |
Ross Oxburgh (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Rachel Nunn (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results edit
2017 election edit
2017 Stirling Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Ross Oxburgh | 26.7 | 1,237 | ||||||||
| SNP | Susan McGill | 22.8 | 1,054 | ||||||||
| SNP | Jim Thomson (incumbent) | 15.7 | 727 | 740.3 | 845.6 | 862.2 | 885.2 | 899.7 | 906.4 | 1,246.3 | |
| Labour | Danny Gibson (incumbent) | 13.3 | 616 | 665.1 | 668.7 | 682.2 | 729.8 | 994.1 | |||
| Scottish Green | Chloe Campbell | 10.7 | 496 | 511.0 | 519.1 | 543.9 | 614.0 | 637.2 | 655.3 | ||
| Labour | Jen Preston | 5.7 | 266 | 302.8 | 305.9 | 312.9 | 349.6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 3.2 | 150 | 205.6 | 206.1 | 222.4 | |||||
| Independent | James McDonald | 1.8 | 85 | 117.3 | 118.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,512 Valid: 4,631 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 927 Turnout: 45.2% | |||||||||||
2012 election edit
2012 Stirling Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Jim Thomson (incumbent) | 27.54% | 828 | |||||||
| Labour | John Hendry (incumbent) | 18.89% | 568 | 570.1 | 581.2 | 606.5 | 643.2 | 673.3 | 759.8 | |
| Labour | Johanna Boyd | 17.59% | 529 | 530.6 | 544.7 | 556.5 | 588.3 | 631.3 | 748.1 | |
| Scottish Green | Zara Kitson | 10.87% | 327 | 331 | 366.5 | 409.9 | 497.3 | 575.7 | ||
| Conservative | Jennifer Gordon | 8.71% | 262 | 262.6 | 287.9 | 294.1 | 326.4 | |||
| Independent | Steve Sankey | 7.55% | 227 | 228.8 | 250.2 | 288.1 | ||||
| SNP | David Wilson | 4.72% | 142 | 201.7 | 207.9 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed (incumbent) | 4.12% | 124 | 126.8 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,843 Valid: 3,007 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 752 Turnout: 3,074 (38.34%) | ||||||||||
2007 election edit
2007 Stirling Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Jim Thomson | 1,482 | 36.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | John Hendry | 1,083 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Lesley Stein | 596 | 14.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 456 | 11.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Labour | Frances Junnier | 340 | 8.3 | |||
| Independent | James McDonald | 146 | 3.6 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Stirling North, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".