Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Stirling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Bruce Crawford | 14,858 | 48.9 | +16.1 | |
| Labour | John Hendry | 9,188 | 30.2 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Neil Benny | 4,610 | 15.2 | -6.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 1,296 | 4.3 | -5.5 | |
| Independent | Jack Black | 454 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +9.9 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Stirling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 10,934 | 34.0 | |||
| SNP | 10,545 | 32.8 | |||
| Conservative | 7,012 | 21.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 3,152 | 9.8 | |||
| Others | 502 | 1.6 | |||
| Majority | 389 | 1.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Stirling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Bruce Crawford | 10,447 | 32.0 | +13.0 | |
| Labour | Sylvia Jackson | 9,827 | 30.1 | -5.9 | |
| Conservative | Bob Dalrymple | 8,081 | 24.8 | -1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 3,693 | 11.3 | -0.3 | |
| Peace | Liz Law | 557 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 620 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 32,625 | 62.3 | +5.4 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +9.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Stirling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sylvia Jackson | 10,661 | 36.0 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Brian Monteith | 7,781 | 26.2 | +0.6 | |
| SNP | Bruce Crawford | 5,645 | 19.0 | -7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,432 | 11.6 | +2.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Margaret Stewart | 1,486 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Scottish People's | Keith Harding | 642 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 2,880 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 29,647 | 56.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Stirling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sylvia Jackson | 13,533 | 37.80 | N/A | |
| SNP | Annabelle Ewing | 9,522 | 26.68 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Brian Monteith | 9,158 | 25.58 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain MacFarlane | 3,407 | 9.52 | N/A | |
| Independent | Simon Kilgour | 155 | 0.43 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,981 | 11.12 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,805 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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