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Labour's Malcolm Macpherson sat for Stirling and Falkirk from 1948 until his death in 1971. At the resulting by-election Harry Ewing held the seat for Labour. In 1974 the seat was renamed Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth, and was held by Ewing until a further set of boundary changes in 1983 when he chose to stand in the new seat of Falkirk East.
Michael Forsyth won a redrawn Stirling for the Conservatives in 1983 and won in 1987 and 1992. However, in 1997 Labour's Anne McGuire achieved a swing of 7.7%, giving her a majority of 6,411 votes.
In 2001 Anne McGuire maintained her majority despite a fall in turnout. In 2005 Stirling's boundaries were enlarged slightly to include the remainder of Stirling council area. McGuire retained her seat but her majority was reduced to 4,767.
There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
The seat is centred on the ancient Scottish burgh with its hilltop castle and includes historic sites Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge. In March 2002 Stirling defeated stiff competition from Paisley, Dumfries and Ayr to achieve city status. With good transport connections to the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Stirling is home to a large number of commuters.
The electorate is concentrated in the city but the seat extends to Loch Lomond, the Trossachs (including Loch Katrine), Killin and Loch Tay: some 800 square miles of countryside. Tourism is of growing importance to the area and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs reg
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Labour's Malcolm Macpherson sat for Stirling and Falkirk from 1948 until his death in 1971. At the resulting by-election Harry Ewing held the seat for Labour. In 1974 the seat was renamed Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth, and was held by Ewing until a further set of boundary changes in 1983 when he chose to stand in the new seat of Falkirk East.
Michael Forsyth won a redrawn Stirling for the Conservatives in 1983 and won in 1987 and 1992. However, in 1997 Labour's Anne McGuire achieved a swing of 7.7%, giving her a majority of 6,411 votes.
In 2001 Anne McGuire maintained her majority despite a fall in turnout. In 2005 Stirling's boundaries were enlarged slightly to include the remainder of Stirling council area. McGuire retained her seat but her majority was reduced to 4,767.
There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
The seat is centred on the ancient Scottish burgh with its hilltop castle and includes historic sites Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge. In March 2002 Stirling defeated stiff competition from Paisley, Dumfries and Ayr to achieve city status. With good transport connections to the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Stirling is home to a large number of commuters.
The electorate is concentrated in the city but the seat extends to Loch Lomond, the Trossachs (including Loch Katrine), Killin and Loch Tay: some 800 square miles of countryside. Tourism is of growing importance to the area and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs region became Scotland's first National Park in 2000.
It is a relatively prosperous area with a large proportion of constituents in professional or managerial positions. There is a substantial financial services sector with Prudential having a notable site.
Stirling University is just to the north of the city on the road to Bridge of Allan.
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