18-579: Ochil may refer to: Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency) Ochil (UK Parliament constituency) , county constituency, 1997–2005 Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) , created in 2005 Ochil Hills , a range of hills in Scotland Ochil Fault , defines the southern edge of the Ochil Hills See also [ edit ] Uchil (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
36-571: A tight Labour-Conservative marginal in 1987, and again in 1992 , being retained by Michael Forsyth with less than 1,000 votes at both elections. Labour gained Stirling as part of their landslide victory in 1997 , then held the seat and it's coterminous constituency of Stirling in the Scottish Parliament, usually with a majority of over 10% of the vote; until the SNP's breakthrough ten years later in 2007 . Stirling remained under Labour's control at
54-604: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency) Ochil was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood ). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it was one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region , which elected seven additional members , in addition to
72-479: Is home to wealthy commuters to the city of Stirling and further afield; Dollar , which has, in its Academy , one of Scotland's most renowned private schools ; and rural Kinross . The majority of the constituency's inhabitants, however, are working-class. Note: Although George Reid was elected as a Scottish National Party candidate in 2003, he became independent the same year, as the Presiding Officer of
90-532: The 2010 general election ; however, it was gained by Steven Paterson of the Scottish National Party in what was landslide victory for the SNP across Scotland in 2015 . More recently, the Conservative Party have made gains in the area, coming second in the overlapping constituency of Stirling in the Scottish Parliament, and taking more votes than the SNP at the 2017 Stirling Council election . At
108-569: The 2017 general election , Stephen Kerr of the Conservatives defeated Paterson by a narrow majority of 148 votes, becoming the first elected Conservative MP for Stirling in 25 years. Kerr was subsequently defeated by Alyn Smith in 2019 . Stirling voted against Scottish independence in 2014 on an above-average margin of 59.8% "No" 40.2% "Yes". At the European Union membership referendum on 23 June 2016, an above-average margin of 67.7% of
126-501: The Act of Union 1707 in 1708. The county town of Stirling was represented as part of Stirling Burghs and the county was represented by Stirlingshire , each returning one member. In 1918, Stirling Burghs was abolished and Stirling was then represented by the Stirling & Falkirk Burghs and from 1974 Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth constituencies. Along with Clackmannanshire the county
144-710: The Clackmannanshire council area , all of the Fife council area , all of the Perth and Kinross council area , all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area . The 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 ,
162-551: The River Forth and its lower tributaries. This area consisted of a mixture of Conservative -leaning suburbs to the north and west, such as Bridge of Allan and Dunblane and the Stirling suburbs of Cambusbarron , Kings Park and Torbrex , and somewhat more secessionist and poorer SNP or Labour-voting areas such as Raploch and south-east Stirling, in addition to Bannockburn, and the villages of Cowie , Fallin and Plean south-east of
180-1105: The Scottish Parliament . Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) Stirling was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was abolished. From the 2024 general election , it will be reformed as Stirling and Strathallan and expanded into Strathallan in Perth and Kinross council . 1983–1997 : The Stirling District electoral divisions of Airthrey, Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace. 1997–2005 : The Stirling District electoral divisions of Bannockburn, Castle, Dounebraes, Menteith, Queensland, St Ninians, Strathendrick, Viewforth, and Wallace. 2005–2024 : The Stirling council area. The constituency covered
198-630: The city. Boundaries stretched up to the west following the Valleys of the River Forth and Teith , running up into the wooded glens of the Trossachs on the eastern side of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park , such as the more sparsely populated eastern shore of Loch Lomond , and it contained a variety of freshwater lochs , such as Loch Katrine and Loch Venachar . A number of small villages dot
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#1732852039424216-567: The corridors of the A84 , A85 and A811 roads, including Callander , widely recognised as the gateway to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, and more widely as the gateway to the Scottish Highlands . These scenic areas have proven especially rich territory for successful Conservative candidates and campaigns, hosting many retirees and wealthy investors. When the Stirling constituency
234-487: The nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament George Reid represented the constituency from 2003 to 2007. For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Ochil was abolished, with the majority of the seat forming the newly created Clackmannanshire and Dunblane seat. The region covers all of
252-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ochil . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ochil&oldid=1175799134 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
270-549: The whole of the Stirling council area. Most of the area is rural, which has tended to vote Conservative, but there are some large towns in the East, most notably Stirling itself, which used to vote Labour, but has now moved towards SNP. A similar constituency, also called Stirling , is used by the Scottish Parliament . The area covered by the modern constituency was first represented in the British House of Commons in consequence of
288-648: Was divided between the Ochil and South Perthshire Westminster constituency and the Stirling Westminster constituency . From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Ochil was largely replaced by an expanded constituency of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane . Although a county constituency , Ochil was mostly industrial in character, with the main industries of the region being brewing , distilling , glass manufacture , bottling , tourism and agriculture . There are however affluent areas, including Bridge of Allan , which
306-475: Was first created for the 1983 general election , combining northern elements of the West Stirlingshire constituency with the town of Stirling from the Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth constituency and southern elements of the old Kinross and West Perthshire constituency it was thought of as a fairly safe Conservative seat, with Michael Forsyth winning the seat with a majority of 5,133 votes. It became
324-577: Was meanwhile represented by Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire and Stirling and Clackmannan Western (later Stirlingshire West). A modern constituency of Stirling was established in 1983. In 2005 the west portion of Ochil was moved into Stirling. The seat was large, in Central Scotland and covered the Stirling council area . Its population was concentrated around the historic City of Stirling and surrounding areas of Bannockburn , Bridge of Allan and Dunblane on its eastern fringes around
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