Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency) explained

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Type:county
Constituency Link:Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
Parl Name:Scottish Parliament
Year:2011
Party Label:Party
Party:Scottish National Party
Member Label:MSP
Member:Keith Brown
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:Clackmannanshire
Stirling
Population:68,728 (2019)[1]

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.

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

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).

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

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]

Election results

2010s

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area-2011-dz/spc/spc-19-tabs.xlsx Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)
  2. News: The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011. 8 September 2010. BBC News online. 23 November 2021. 13.
  3. Web site: First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report. 93. Boundaries Scotland. 7 July 2021. May 2010.