Editing Stirling (section)

==Governance==

[[File:Stirling Council Head Quarters - geograph.org.uk - 131346.jpg|thumb|left|[[Old Viewforth]] is the administrative centre of Stirling Council.]]

In terms of [[local government]], the city of Stirling is a part of the wider [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling Council area]], which is based at [[Old Viewforth]] and governs on matters of local administration as set out by the [[Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994]]. 

For the purposes of the [[Scottish Parliament]], the city of Stirling forms part of the [[Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Stirling constituency of the Scottish Parliament]] constituency. The Stirling Scottish Parliament (or ''Holyrood'') constituency created in 1999 is one of nine within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region. Each constituency elects one [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and the region elects seven additional members to produce a form of proportional representation. The constituency's [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) is [[Evelyn Tweed]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP).<ref name="Evelyn Tweed MSP">{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/evelyn-tweed |title=Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling |year=2021 |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |access-date=13 January 2022 }}</ref>

In terms of national government, the city of Stirling forms part of the [[United Kingdom constituencies|county constituency]] of [[Stirling and Strathallan (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling and Strathallan]], electing one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the parliament of the United Kingdom by first past the post system. [[Chris Kane (politician)|Chris Kane]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] has been the MP for Stirling and Strathallan since the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stirling and Strathallan - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000105 |access-date=2024-10-31 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> when the seat was first contested - prior to this, Stirling was part of the constituency of [[Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling]].

Historical voting records can be found in online databases.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16634/units|website=A Vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=Portsmouth University|access-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009193836/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16634/units|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>