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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
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Stirling constituency became the focus of national attention on 13th March 1996 when Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 pupils, a teacher and himself at Dunblane Primary School.
The Tory vote is found mainly in the rural areas, whilst the town of Stirling inclines towards Labour.
The constituency is one of the most middle class seats in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk /election97/constituencies/538.htm   (159 words)

  
 Ayr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 2002, it was one of four Scottish towns competing for city status to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, but it lost to Stirling.
The constituency of Ayr is currently held by the Labour Party, the Member of Parliament being Sandra Osborne.
From 1950 to 1997 it was a Conservative seat, the Member of Parliament for most of this period having been George Younger, who represented the constituency from 1964 to 1992.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/ay/ayr.html   (188 words)

  
 Chapter 21 - Stirling Burgh & Council
Stirling became home to Dr Robert McIntyre in the 1940’s and, since then, he has continued to live in the town.
No Scot could be surprised that Stirling’s citizens had a deep and profound sense of history with so many constant reminders of the past around them, including the impressive castle, the field of Bannockburn and always the monument to Wallace dominating the skyline.
Stirling had been successful and moves went on at great pace to open the new university with Lord Robbin as Chancellor and Tom Cotrell as the first principal in 1967.
www.electricscotland.com /history/mcintyre/chap21.htm   (952 words)

  
 BBC News | Elections | Scotland 99 | Constituencies | Stirling
This is Braveheart country: Stirling is close to the site of the battles of Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge and is, of course, associated as a consequence with William Wallace.
This seat stretches from Stirling itself in the south to the Highlands in the north and west.
Stirling town is situated midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh in the central belt of Scotland.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/vote_99/scotland_99/html/constituency/69.stm   (160 words)

  
 Stirling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Stirling was created in 1983 with 41% of its voters coming from Labour Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, 36% from Labour West Stirlingshire and 23% from Conservative Kinross & West Perthshire.
The Stirling result therefore produced one of the biggest surprises of the Scottish general election when the Tories were pushed into third place in Stirling.
She is the daughter of Dr Winnie Ewing, the SNP President, victor of Hamilton and current MEP for Highlands of Islands, sister of Fergus, who is again the candidate in Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, and sister in law of Margaret, the MP for Moray and leader of the SNP group at Westminster.
www.scottishpolitics.org /nextwe/m08.html   (1390 words)

  
 Ayr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The estimated population according to the General Register Office of Scotland in 2003 was 60,830.
It was once known as 'Inverair/Inverayr' and this usage is still retained in the Scottish Gaelic form of the name Inbhir Air.
The Westminster constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock is currently held by the Labour Party, the Member of Parliament being Sandra Osborne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayr   (367 words)

  
 Ayr - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 2002,it was one of four Scottish towns competing for city status to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee,but it lost to Stirling.
It was once known as 'Inverair/Inverayr' and this usageis still retained in the Scottish Gaelic form of the name InbhirAir.
The Westminster constituency of Ayr is currently held by the Labour Party, the Member of Parliament being Sandra Osborne.From 1950 to 1997 it was a Conservative seat, theMember of Parliament for most of this period having been GeorgeYounger, who represented the constituency from 1964 to 1992.
www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=Ayr   (290 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Columnists - Learn from each other or go to pot
IF there are any advantages to being a regional list member of the Scottish Parliament, as opposed to a single constituency member, it is that there is greater opportunity to see how different councils perform in carrying out their duties.
For every depressing performance - usually born from a "we know better than you" mentality that pervades much of the public sector - there is also a refreshing example of a council going out of its way to meets the demands of local residents.
Stirling residents endure the sixth highest council tax in Scotland - more than Edinburgh’s, which is the seventh highest.
news.scotsman.com /columnists.cfm?id=29302004   (1191 words)

  
 Stirling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Stirling was created in 1983 with 41% of its voters coming from the Labour seat of Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, 36% from Labour West Stirlingshire and 23% from Conservative Kinross & West Perthshire.
As the representative of Stirling, the site of Scottish victories in 1296 and 1314, Michael Forsyth claims to be the natural successor of Robert the Bruce, although he belittles Sir William Wallace as a 'loser'.
Stirling Labour have adopted Sylvia Jackson, a chemistry teacher and lecturer at Edinburgh University.
www.alba.org.uk /scot99constit/m08.html   (1037 words)

  
 SILENCE OF MRS MCGUIRE
Stephen Kerr, Stirling’s Tory candidate at the General Election, has today launched one of the largest surveys of public opinion in Stirling constituency ever conducted by a local political party.
The level of Council Tax, the future of hospital services in Stirling, the state of the roads and the threat to Stirling’s regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, are among the issues covered in the survey.
Stirling's voters are invited to complete the survey and return it to Stephen Kerr using a pre-paid addressed envelope.
www.hillcrestknitwear.com /stephenkerr/Latest%20news/Feb-11-2005.html   (273 words)

  
 BCOMTEMPLATENORMAL
In the case of 18 local authority areas, the theoretical entitlement to constituencies is such that a satisfactory constituency structure within the terms of the statutory rules is not achievable without breaching local authority boundaries.
Stirling                                                              County Constituency                 66,393
The rules for the redistribution of seats as set out in the 1986 Act provide that: the number of electors of each constituency is to be as nearly equal as possible but, in formulating its proposals, the Commission is required to have regard to local authority boundaries.
www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk /pressrelease/finalprovisionalpressrelease.html   (2710 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Stirling (parliamentary constituency)
Stirling (parliamentary constituency), United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in central Scotland, including the city of Stirling and the towns of...
Falkirk (parliamentary constituency), United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in east-central Scotland, newly created at the 2005 general election...
Glenrothes (parliamentary constituency), United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in east-central Scotland, newly created at the 2005 general...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Stirling_(parliamentary_constituency).html   (95 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 May 1994
In my constituency experience, it is clear that people do not adequately distinguish, or understand sufficiently well the distinction, between the functions carried out by districts and the functions carried out by the existing Highland regional council.
It would be churlish of Clackmannan to say that it was only the Government's desire to create a Stirling authority, or the wrong-headedness of their aim to lump it with Falkirk, which resulted in what we have at present.
The community councils in the constituency are in favour of that option ; 17 out of 18 of the sitting district councillors and eight out of nine of the newly elected regional councillors are in favour, as is, of course, the Member of Parliament.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1994-05-17/Debate-12.html   (6072 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - Eric Joyce
Constituents are often accompanied by new partners and perhaps new dependants.
That can be frustrating for constituents who feel that their lives are on hold until their cases have been sorted out.
I find that while constituents may not always walk away from the face-to-face meeting ecstatic, they virtually always leave with greater understanding, and more often than not, with the satisfaction of having had their concerns taken seriously and sympathetically, with a human face rather than a voice at the end of a telephone.
www.epolitix.com /EN/MPWebsites/Eric+Joyce/f6d526bc-2dbd-49a2-ba2d-72978e54269b.htm   (3941 words)

  
 absurd Stirling
Stirling councillors, who "unanimously accepted the educational case for re-locating Wallace and Stirling High Schools to new sites" earlier this month (see press release), seem so flushed by flexing their muscles that they have decided to get a slice of the new-build action for themselves.
Stirling Council's Schools PPP Project proposes that a new St Modan's High School is built next to the existing Bannockburn High School, with the old St Modan's grounds being developed into 93 houses (planning application 04/01049/DET).
Stirling Council's Schools PPP Project is advertised as a "£60m Scottish Executive-funded investment that will transform many of our schools over the next four years through Public Private Partnership [PPP]." The Council promises: "Consultation and involvement...
absurdstirling.blogspot.com   (6915 words)

  
 MORI - 2001 General Election Commentary: Constituency Polls - How Not To Do It   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Such tiny sample sizes mean that the margin of error is far too large for the findings in the individual constituencies to be of any practical use.
Suppose that instead of deriving six constituency 'results' from each poll the Record had been content to present the overall findings from voters in six key marginals — as calculated approximately in the final column of the table.
Last week's polls found the Conservatives in a hopeless position, having lost a third of their support in these key seats; Labour was a little stronger than in 1997 and the SNP much stronger, up nine points.
www.mori.com /pubinfo/rmm/ec0517.shtml   (616 words)

  
 Stirling Council: Council » Elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Stirling Constituency lies in central Scotland covering 840 square miles from the lowlands to the central highlands and from the banks of Loch Lomond to the Forth estuary.The constituency is populated by 64,436 people, approximately 61% are of working age, 23% of school age and 16% retired.
The main population centres are: Stirling 29,723, Dunblane 7,146, Bannockburn 6,540, Callander 2,420, Rural Stirling 7,000.
In the 1995 council election the Stirling area had a 54% turnout and in 1999 this rose to a 66% turnout.
www.stirling.gov.uk /council-mps   (215 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | VOTE 2003
The seat includes the city of Stirling itself, the ancient capital of Scotland with its historic castle.
Stirling is close to the site of the battles of Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge and is, of course, associated as a consequence with William Wallace.
The upshot is that Stirling has been the scene of close-fought battles between Labour and the Tories in the last 15 years.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/scottish_parliament/html/538.stm   (196 words)

  
 Ochil's SNP
The main communications links are the M9 (from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth) to the West, with access via Stirling and Bridge of Allan; and the M90 (from Edinburgh and Perth), with access from Kinross and Milnathort.
Within the constituency, the main roads are the A91 [Wallace Monument-Hillfoots-Kinross], the A907 [Wallace Monument-Alloa] and the A977 [Alloa-Clackmannan-Kinross].
On all past voting records, it will be a two-horse race between Labour (held Clackmannan 79 onwards) and the SNP (won Clackmannan in the two elections of 74, won Kinross in the parliamentary by-election 95).
www.almac.co.uk /ochilsnp/analysis.htm   (716 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Aristotle | Stirling
This constituency has been altered following the 2005 Scottish boundary changes.
All of the former constituency has been retained and 22% of Ochil has been added.
It is considered to be a notional hold for Labour.
politics.guardian.co.uk /hoc/constituency/0,,-1333,00.html   (56 words)

  
 Submission Sample   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The drive to working in partnership with communities – and negotiated governance – is the style that Stirling Council has adopted since day one and seems consistent with what the new government is now advocating.
At the moment the presumption is that councils are very much limited by central government controls and therefore the vote for central government is the important one.
Postal ballot in Stirling has overcome the tendency of community councils to be self-appointed.
www.scotland.gov.uk /mcintosh/submissions/samples/kyates.htm   (1185 words)

  
 FT.com - Special Reports / UK Election 2001
Stirling is a fairly large constituency that includes the eastern banks of Loch Lomond to the west, Stirling, Dunblane and Callander to the east and extending to Tyndrum and Killin to the north.
Much of the constituency is rural and middle-class which favours the Conservatives.
However, Labour do well in many of the larger towns such as Stirling itself, where support is buoyed by council house tenants and students attending Stirling University.
specials.ft.com /ukelection2001/FT39XSZXJKC.html   (241 words)

  
 Ayr - Gurupedia
Ayrshire, in the south-west of Scotland, situated on the Firth of Clyde.
The constituency of Ayr is currently held by the Labour Party, the
"Stirling elevated to city status " - and Ayr isn't - BBC News article dated Thu 14 Mar 2002
www.gurupedia.com /a/ay/ayr.htm   (180 words)

  
 Mr Marjoribanks
The provisional proposals for parliamentary constituency boundaries in Stirling Council area were published on 7 February 2002.
In the light of the number and nature of the representations, the Commission concluded that it was not necessary to hold a local inquiry regarding its provisional proposals for Stirling Council area.
In discharging its functions, the Commission is required to observe the rules for the redistribution of seats set out at schedule 2 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by section 86 of the Scotland Act 1998.
www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk /localinquiries/stirling/News%20Release,%20Stirling.htm   (883 words)

  
 Ayr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
"Stirling elevated to city status (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1872739.stm)" - and Ayr isn't - BBC News article dated Thu 14 Mar 2002
Candidates and Constituency Assessments (http://www.alba.org.uk/scot99constit/s01.html) - some information on the political history of the constituency
This page was last modified 11:17, 11 Aug 2004.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Ayr   (204 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 22 May 1997 (pt 16)
The town that gives its name to the constituency is dominated by the impressive Stirling castle, a fortified rock that goes back into the mists of time.
The constituency stretches over 800 square miles, from Tyndrum and Crianlarich in the north to the villages of Strathblane, Balfron, Drymen and Killearn in the west and onwards to the famous bonny banks of Loch Lomond.
As well as being an area of outstanding historical and cultural distinction, the constituency is home to rural communities that are struggling to alleviate disadvantage and communities that are trying to restore hope and optimism for the future.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970522/debtext/70522-16.htm   (1653 words)

  
 Stirling Liberal Democrats :: Campaigning for Stirling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is the webpage for Stirling Liberal Democrats who are campaigning throughout the Stirling area.
Liberal Democrats in Stirling are celebrating their best result in years.
This is a particularly bad result for the local Conservative party who used to hold the old Stirling seat.
www.stirlinglibdems.org.uk   (303 words)

  
 Home - Stirling Labour - Working for Stirling and its Rural Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Stirling Labour is working hard at all levels.
With Anne McGuire at Westminster, in the Scottish Parliament with Sylvia Jackson and at local level with the Labour Stirling Council.
Stirling and its surrounding rural areas are steeped in history.
www.stirling.labour.co.uk   (165 words)

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