Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (

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: ''Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann agus Dùn Bhlàthain'')

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering part of the

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

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and the entirety of

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the hi ...

. 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

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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

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since its creation; Brown was previously the MSP for the preceding constituency of Ochil.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are

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Dunfermline Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and

. The region covers all of the

Clackmannanshire council area Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the h ...

, all of the Fife council area, all of the

Perth and Kinross council area Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...

and all of the

Stirling council area The Stirling council area ( sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about ( estimate). It was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 with the boundaries of the Stirl ...

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The constituency was created for the

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and largely replaced the former constituency of Ochil, also drawing some areas that were formerly in the

constituency. It covers all of the

, whilst the rest of the

is covered by the

constituency. The electoral wards used in the creation of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane are: *

Clackmannanshire Central Clackmannanshire Central is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election Elections to Clackmannan ...

Clackmannanshire East Clackmannanshire East is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election Elections to Clackmannanshi ...

Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire North is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election Elections to Clackmannanshi ...

* Clackmannanshire South *

Clackmannanshire West Clackmannanshire West is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy a ...

* Dunblane and Bridge of Allan (

)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

Footnotes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clackmannanshire And Dunblane (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Politics of Stirling (council area) Politics of Clackmannanshire Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Constituencies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Scotland Dunblane Dollar, Clackmannanshire Alloa Clackmannan