West Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Stirlingshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandStirlingshire
Major settlementsBridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromStirlingshire, Clackmannan & Kinross and Stirling Burghs
Replaced byStirling, Falkirk West, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, Clackmannan, Strathkelvin & Bearsden and Monklands West[1]

West Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post electoral system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, as one of two divisions of the Parliamentary County of Stirling and Clackmannan. It was then defined as the Central and Western County Districts of the County of Stirling including all burghs within their boundaries, save for the Burgh of Stirling.[2] From 1950 onwards, due to local government changes, it was defined as the Burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 Districts of the County of Stirling.[3]

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

  1. ^ "'Stirlingshire West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Report of the Boundary Commission (Scotland)", Cd. 8759, Schedule–Part I, section 21.
  3. ^ "Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland", Cmd. 7270, p. 26.