Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann agus Dùn Bhlàthain) constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Stirling council area and the entirety of Clackmannanshire. 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.

The seat has been held by Keith Brown of the Scottish National Party since its creation; Brown was previously the MSP for the preceding constituency of Ochil.

Electoral region[edit]

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[edit]

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and largely replaced the former constituency of Ochil, also drawing some areas that were formerly in the Stirling constituency.^[2] It covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, whilst the rest of the Stirling council area is covered by the Stirling constituency.

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

2020s[edit]

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	2.6
	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	0.4
	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

2010s[edit]

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

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%		Votes	%
	SNP	Keith Brown[a]	14,147	47.6	0.7	12,044	40.0	4.8
	Labour	Craig Miller	7,426	25.0	10.2	6,300	21.1	8.6
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart[b]	6,915	23.2	10.4	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	9.5
Valid Votes			29,746			29,803
Invalid Votes			113			50
Turnout			29,859	59.1	3.5	29,853	59.0	3.4
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane^[9][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%		Votes	%
	SNP	Keith Brown[a]	13,253	48.3	N/A	12,274	44.8	N/A
	Labour	Richard Simpson[a]	9,644	35.2	N/A	8,148	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	Callum Campbell	3,501	12.8	N/A	3,328	12.1	N/A
	Green					1,374	5.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett	1,018	3.7	N/A	875	3.2	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					370	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour					284	1.0	N/A
	UKIP					246	0.9	N/A
	BNP					178	0.6	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					99	0.4	N/A
	CPA					86	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Christian					83	0.3	N/A
	Solidarity					27	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Roger				35	0.1	N/A
Majority			3,609	13.1	N/A
Valid Votes			27,416			27,407
Invalid Votes			77			78
Turnout			27,493	55.6	N/A	27,485	55.6	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

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