Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
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Clackmannanshire and Dunblane shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament 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. 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:

Clackmannanshire West, Clackmannanshire North, Clackmannanshire Central, Clackmannanshire South, Clackmannanshire East, Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Keith Brown	Scottish National Party
	2016

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Keith Brown	14,147	47.6	-0.8
	Labour	Craig Miller	7,426	25.0	-10.2
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart	6,915	23.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McKinlay	1,258	4.2	+0.5
Majority			6,721
Turnout			29,746	58.8	+6

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 Notional Result: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP		10,666	38.7
	Labour		9,904	36.0
	Conservative		4,505	16.4
	Liberal Democrats		2,391	8.7
	Others		75	0.3
Majority			762	2.8