Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)

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UK Parliament constituency Westminster parliamentary constituency

Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centered on the city of Stirling and its surrounding rural and suburban communities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) canonical	13
Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)	3
Politics of Stirling	1
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency)	1
Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1165528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
Context triple: [Stirling, parliamentaryConstituency, Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)]

A. Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirkcaldy was a former UK Parliament constituency in Fife, Scotland, centred on the town of Kirkcaldy and represented in the House of Commons until its abolition and replacement by new constituencies.
B. Waverley parliamentary constituency
Waverley parliamentary constituency is a UK parliamentary seat in Surrey that includes towns such as Godalming and surrounding rural areas, represented in the House of Commons.
C. Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)
Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Gloucestershire that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
D. Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) is a former UK parliamentary seat in Buckinghamshire, historically notable for being represented by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
E. Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centred on the town of Glenrothes in Fife.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
Target entity description: Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centered on the city of Stirling and its surrounding rural and suburban communities.

A. Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirkcaldy was a former UK Parliament constituency in Fife, Scotland, centred on the town of Kirkcaldy and represented in the House of Commons until its abolition and replacement by new constituencies.
B. Waverley parliamentary constituency
Waverley parliamentary constituency is a UK parliamentary seat in Surrey that includes towns such as Godalming and surrounding rural areas, represented in the House of Commons.
C. Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)
Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Gloucestershire that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
D. Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) is a former UK parliamentary seat in Buckinghamshire, historically notable for being represented by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
E. Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) is a Scottish electoral area represented in the UK House of Commons, centred on the town of Glenrothes in Fife.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK Parliament constituency ⓘ Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody	Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ
category	Politics of Stirling ⓘ linked to: Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Scotland ⓘ
centeredOn	Stirling ⓘ
containsAreaType	rural communities ⓘ suburban communities ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
created	1983 ⓘ
devolutionContext	distinct from Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ
electoralRegion	Central Scotland ⓘ linked to: central Scotland
electsHowManyMPs	1 ⓘ
establishedInDecade	1980s ⓘ
hasElectionType	by-election ⓘ general election ⓘ
hasElectorate	approximately 70,000–80,000 voters ⓘ
hasMP	Alyn Smith ⓘ
hasRuralCharacter	yes ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter	yes ⓘ
includesArea	Trossachs area (part) ⓘ linked to: Trossachs
includesTown	Bridge of Allan ⓘ Dunblane ⓘ Stirling ⓘ
locatedIn	Scotland ⓘ
MPParty	Scottish National Party ⓘ
MPStartYear	2019 ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British Parliament
previousConstituency	Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ Kinross and West Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ linked to: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Perth and East Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ linked to: Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
previousMP	Anne McGuire ⓘ Michael Forsyth ⓘ Stephen Kerr ⓘ
previousMPParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
region	Stirling council area ⓘ
representedIn	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

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