Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Ochil was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it was one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fifeelectoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament George Reid represented the constituency from 2003 to 2007.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Ochil was abolished, with the majority of the seat forming the newly created Clackmannanshire and Dunblane seat.

The region covered all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area, all of the Stirling council area and parts of the Angus council area.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing UK House of Commons constituency. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[1] The Ochil Westminster constituency, was divided between the Ochil and South Perthshire Westminster constituency and the Stirling Westminster constituency.

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Ochil was largely replaced by an expanded constituency of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane.

オチルは郡の選挙区ではあるものの、その性格は主に工業地帯であり、この地域の主要産業は醸造、蒸留、ガラス製造、瓶詰め、観光、農業であった。選挙区の住民の大多数は労働者階級であった。しかし、裕福な地域も存在し、スターリング市やさらに遠方へ通勤する富裕層が住むブリッジ・オブ・アラン、スコットランドで最も有名な私立学校の一つであるアカデミーがあるダラー、そして田園地帯のキンロスなどが挙げられる。

注：ジョージ・リードは2003年にスコットランド国民党の候補者として選出されましたが、同年、スコットランド議会の議長として無所属となりました。