Comments on: Stirling

By: P.U.M.P

P.U.M.P — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:40:00 +0000

A total disaster for the Tories. I think the SNP will replace them in 2nd place at the next election.

By: Aidan Thomson

Aidan Thomson — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:56:10 +0000

Danny95: do you mean in the next Westminster election or the forthcoming Holyrood election? If the latter, then none, since, as Dalek says, Denny is in Fakirk West.

If the former, then I’ve no idea. Since my post of March 3, the BCS’s announcement about the boundaries’ being redrawn has come out, and I realized that my previous ‘solutions’ wouldn’t work within their rules. I’ve drawn up some alternatives, which would involve Denny and Banknock being transferred to a redrawn Cumbernauld & Kilsyth seat, rather than to Stirling. I can’t honestly see its remaining in Falkirk, given the likely knock-on effects; but then again I don’t know the workings of the minds of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. I suppose I could send them my suggestions and claim that it reflects the spirit of public voluntarism of the Big Society…

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:19:28 +0000

There is a separate parliamentary electorate which is used for drawing up parliamentary constituencies which means that these are not skewed by the presence of large numbers of eg. EU nationals who do qualify to vote in local elections. This means that the suggestion that this could contribute to falling turnout is not so plausible.
Does the Scottish parliament use the local election register? it would seem to me to be a bit of a grey area whether it counts as a parliamentary election or a local election, but obviously it must have been classified one way or the other

By: barney crockett

barney crockett — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:33:22 +0000

H Hemmilig
There are various registers kept according to differing rights to vote, In the Scottish elections forthcoming the AV vote will be at a seperate booth using a different register (excluding A8 nationals etc). The difference is big. However I presume turn-out figures are by the relevant registers. Polish peaople have told me that banks now insist you are on the voters role so the register may include many who have no thought of voting. This may depress turn-out figures but may have a liittle positive for Labour’s vote and make some impact on the re-drawn boundaries.

By: Dalek

Dalek — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:14:14 +0000

Denny is in Falkirk Council, therefore it will be in Falkirk West.

By: A Brown

A Brown — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:53:59 +0000

‘What are the chances of a very close 3-way battle here?’

In the holyrood battle? – none I would imagine as Bruce Crawford (SNP) may try and cream off some tactical Tory votes to try and hold on.

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:51:30 +0000

What are the chances of a very close 3-way battle here?

By: Danny95

Danny95 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:53:36 +0000

I’ll be a first time voter at the next election. I live in Denny, what are the chances we’ll be in the Stirling seat rather than Falkirk?

By: H.Hemmelig

H.Hemmelig — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:54:02 +0000

That’s a very interesting point.

Does the electorate figure used in general elections include people who are on the register but can’t vote in general elections?

Citizens from other EU countries would be in this category, and must make up quite a large number of certain seats especially in Inner London.

Someone plausibly claimed that this is a major contributing factor to falling turnout in elections in inner city seats since 1997.

By: Aidan Thomson

Aidan Thomson — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:06:27 +0000

Presumably Hertfordshire could be twinned with a neighbouring county (e.g., Bedfordshire/Luton) to alleviate this problem?

Rather unhelpfully the BCS include only the electorates for local elections, which are 1-2% above the general election electorates in most cases (slightly more in the cities), so it’s quite hard to come up with hard and fast figures.