Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
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

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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.

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 Ochil constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[2] The Ochil Westminster constituency, was divided between the Ochil and South Perthshire Westminster constituency and the Stirling Westminster constituency.

The constituency covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, while the rest of the Stirling council area is covered by the Stirling constituency.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Ochil was largely replaced by an expanded constituency of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Clackmannshire and Dunblane are:^[3]

• Clackmannanshire Central
• Clackmannanshire East
• Clackmannanshire North
• Clackmannanshire South
• Clackmannanshire West
• Dunblane and Bridge of Allan (Stirling)

Member of the Scottish Parliament[]

Election results[]

2020s[]

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Keith Brown[a]	16,504	47.2	0.4	13,077	37.4	3.1
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart[b]	8,953	25.6	2.4	9,281	26.5	1.8
	Labour	Craig Miller	8,292	23.7	1.3	6,522	18.6	2.5
	Green					3,306	9.4	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iliyan Stefanov	1,194	3.4	0.8	1,179	3.4	0.1
	Alba					594	1.7	New
	Libertarian					227	0.6	0.5
	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					75	0.2	New
	UKIP					46	0.1	1.6
	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
Valid Votes			34,943			35,003
Invalid Votes			135			87
Turnout			35,078	66.4	7.3	35,090	66.4	7.4
	SNP hold		Swing
show Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s[]

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Keith Brown[a]	14,147	47.6	0.8	12,044	40.0	4.4
	Labour	Craig Miller	7,426	25.0	10.2	6,300	21.1	8.6
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart[b]	6,915	23.2	10.5	7,363	24.7	12.6
	Green					2,298	7.7	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McKinlay	1,258	4.2	0.5	979	3.3	0.1
	UKIP					502	1.7	0.8
	Libertarian					59	0.2	New
	Solidarity					91	0.3	0.2
	RISE					167	0.6	New
Majority			6,721	22.6	9.4
Valid Votes			29,746			29,803
Invalid Votes			113			50
Turnout			29,859	59.1	3.4	29,853	59.0	3.4
	SNP hold		Swing
show Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Elected on the party list

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• "Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2021.