Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Bruce Crawford | Votes 16,303 | 47.7% | Net percentage change in seats −1.2 |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Dean Lockhart | Votes 9,585 | 28.0% | Net percentage change in seats +12.9 |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Rebecca Bell | Votes 6,885 | 20.1% | Net percentage change in seats −10.1 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Elisabeth Wilson | Votes 1,416 | 4.1% | Net percentage change in seats −0.1 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
6,718Turnout
61.3%Constituency Profile
The seat is named after Scotland's ancient capital of Stirling. It stretches from the eastern shores of Loch Lomond in the west, encompassing villages like Drymen, to tourist hubs like Callander and Crianlarich in the north before meeting the Falkirk West boundary just north of Torwood in the south. The former mining towns of Fallin, Cowie and Plean are included in the constituency.
Stirling has become synonymous with the historic battle which bears its name and is strongly associated with the national hero William Wallace. Agriculture is one of the main industries in the more rural part of the constituency. The area has a high number of educated professionals and is within commuting distance of both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Labour's Sylvia Jackson won the Holyrood seat in 1999, which she held in 2003. However, she was unseated in 2007 by the SNP's Bruce Crawford, who held it in the 2011 election.