Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Scottish Parliament county constituency
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Clackmannanshire and Dunblane shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
Council area	Clackmannanshire Stirling (part)

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It will elect 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 under the old Ochil Scottish Parliament constituency.

Electoral region

Main article: Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region

From 2011, the newly redrawn Mid Scotland and Fife region covers Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, 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, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus 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^[1]. The Ochil Westminster constituency, was divided between the Ochil and South Perthshire Westminster constituency and the Stirling Westminster constituency.

The Holyrood constituency of Ochil covered the whole of the Clackmannanshire council area, a south-eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area and a south-eastern portion of the Stirling council area.

The rest of the Perth and Kinross council area is covered by two Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies, Perth and Tayside North, and one North East Scotland constituency, Angus. Tayside North also covers a northern portion of the Angus council area, and the Angus constituency also covers a southern portion of the Angus council area and north-western and north-eastern portions of the City of Dundee council area.

The rest of the Stirling council area is covered by another Mid Scotland and Fife constuency, the Stirling constituency.

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

Constituency profile

Although a county constituency, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane is mostly industrial in character, with the main industries of the region being brewing, distilling, glass manufacture, bottling, tourism and agriculture. There are however affluent areas, including Bridge of Allan, which is home to wealthy commuters to the city of Stirling and further afield; Dollar, which has, in its Academy, one of Scotland's most renowned private schools; and rural Kinross. The majority of the constituency's inhabitants, however, are working-class.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Ochil

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Richard Simpson	Labour
	2003	George Reid	Scottish National Party
	2007	Keith Brown

As Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Keith Brown	Scottish National Party

Election results

Candidates Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Keith Brown	13,253	48.3	+9.6
	Labour	Richard Simpson	9,644	35.2	-0.8
	Conservative	Callum Campbell	3,501	12.8	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett	1,018	3.7	-5
Majority			3,609	13.9
Turnout			27,416	52.8
	SNP hold		Swing	5.2%

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Keith Brown	12,147	38.5	+0.2
	Labour	Brian Fearon	11,657	36.9	-0.5
	Conservative	George Murray	4,284	13.6	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Caddell	3,465	11.0	+2.7
Majority			490	1.6
Turnout			31,553	54.9
	SNP hold		Swing	0.4

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	George Reid	11,659	38.3%	+0.1%
	Labour	Richard Simpson	11,363	37.4%	-4.4%
	Conservative	Malcolm Parkin	2,946	9.7%	-1.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Whittingham	2,536	8.3%	-0.5%
	Scottish Socialist	Felicity Garvie	1,102	3.6%	+3.6%
	Monster Raving Loony	Flash Gordon Approaching	432	1.4%	+1.4%
	Independent	William Whyte	378	1.2%	+1.2%
Majority			296	1.0%	-2.53%
Turnout			30,416	54.7%
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	4.5%

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Simpson	15,385	41.73%	N/A
	SNP	George Reid	14,082	38.2%	N/A
	Conservative	Nick Johnston	4,151	11.26%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	The Earl of Mar & Kellie	3,249	8.81%	N/A
Majority			1,301	3.53%	N/A
Turnout			36,867
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Footnotes

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland