Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Stirling
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Stirling shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Bruce Crawford
Council area	Stirling

Stirling 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. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.