Ochil (constituency, Scotland)

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Ochil
Ochil

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Clackmannanshire
Perth and Kinross
Stirling

Ochil was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011 and continues to include nine constituencies. Here the constituency of Ochil was abolished. It covered the entire area of ​​the Council Area Clackmannanshire and parts of the regions of Stirling and Perth and Kinross with the cities of Alloa , Kinross and Tullibody . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 74,941 people lived within its borders. The areas of the former constituency have merged into the constituencies of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane , Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling . A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Richard Simpson 15,385 41.7
SNP George Reid 14,082 38.2
Conservative Nick Johnston 4151 11.3
Liberal Democrats James Erskine 3249 8.8

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP George Reid 11,659 38.3 +0.1
Labor Richard Simpson 11,363 37.4 −4.3
Conservative Malcolm Parkin 2946 9.7 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Catherine Whittingham 2536 8.3 −0.5
Socialist Felicity Garvie 1102 3.6 +3.6
Official Monster Raving Loony Party Flash Gordon Approaching 432 1.4 +1.4
Non-party William Whyte 378 1.2 +1.2
Turnout: 30,416 (56.95%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Keith Brown 12,147 38.5 +0.2
Labor Brian Fearon 11,657 36.9 −0.5
Conservative George Murray 4284 13.6 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Caddell 3465 11.0 +2.7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament