Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Stirling in Scotland.
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| Subdivisions of Scotland | Stirling |
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| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Steven Paterson (SNP) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Stirlingshire West and Kinross & West Perthshire |
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| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Coordinates: 56°07′08″N 4°04′55″W / 56.119°N 4.082°W
Stirling is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
1983–1997: The Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey, Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace.
1997–2005: The Stirling District electoral divisions of Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace.
2005–present: The Stirling council area.
The constituency covers the whole of the Stirling council area. Most of the area is rural, which has tended to vote Conservative, but there are some large towns in the East, most notably Stirling itself, which used to vote Labour, but has now moved towards SNP. A similar constituency, also called Stirling, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
The area covered by the modern constituency was first represented in the British House of Commons in consequence of the Act of Union 1707 in 1708. The county town of Stirling was represented as part of Stirling Burghs and the county was represented by Stirlingshire, each returning one member.
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