# Stirling North (ward)

Stirling North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. Originally known as Castle from its creation in 2007, it returned three councillors and covered northern parts of the small city of Stirling, including Causewayhead, Cornton, Raploch and the town centre, as well as Stirling Castle from which the name derived. A 2017 national boundary review saw the ward become larger; this new territory consisted largely of an uninhabited area on the western slopes of the Ochil Hills and a rural area south of Blairlogie, but also incorporating the Cambuskenneth and Riverside neighbourhoods, with an increase in the electorate and an additional seat. It was also re-named at that time to the more descriptive Stirling North title. In 2019, the ward had a population of 15,885.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Thompson (SNP) | | John Hendry (Labour) | Graham Reed (Liberal Democrats) | 3 seats |
| 2012 | | Jim Thompson (SNP) | Johanna Boyd (Labour) | John Hendry (Labour) | | 3 seats |
| 2017 | Danny Gibson (Labour) | Jim Thompson (SNP) | | Susan McGill (SNP) | Ross Oxburgh (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Danny Gibson (Labour) | Jim Thompson (SNP) | Rachel Nunn (Conservative) | Susan McGill (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2017 election

2017 Stirling Council election
Stirling North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Ross Oxburgh | 26.7 | 1,237 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Susan McGill | 22.8 | 1,054 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Thomson (incumbent) | 15.7 | 727 | 740.3 | 845.6 | 862.2 | 885.2 | 899.7 | 906.4 | 1,246.3 |
| | Labour | Danny Gibson (incumbent) | 13.3 | 616 | 665.1 | 668.7 | 682.2 | 729.8 | 994.1 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Chloe Campbell | 10.7 | 496 | 511.0 | 519.1 | 543.9 | 614.0 | 637.2 | 655.3 | |
| | Labour | Jen Preston | 5.7 | 266 | 302.8 | 305.9 | 312.9 | 349.6 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 3.2 | 150 | 205.6 | 206.1 | 222.4 | | | | |
| | Independent | James McDonald | 1.8 | 85 | 117.3 | 118.3 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,512 Valid: 4,631 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 927 Turnout: 45.2% ||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Stirling Council election
Castle - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Jim Thomson (incumbent) | 27.54% | 828 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Hendry (incumbent) | 18.89% | 568 | 570.1 | 581.2 | 606.5 | 643.2 | 673.3 | 759.8 |
| | Labour | Johanna Boyd | 17.59% | 529 | 530.6 | 544.7 | 556.5 | 588.3 | 631.3 | 748.1 |
| | Scottish Green | Zara Kitson | 10.87% | 327 | 331 | 366.5 | 409.9 | 497.3 | 575.7 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Gordon | 8.71% | 262 | 262.6 | 287.9 | 294.1 | 326.4 | | |
| | Independent | Steve Sankey | 7.55% | 227 | 228.8 | 250.2 | 288.1 | | | |
| | SNP | David Wilson | 4.72% | 142 | 201.7 | 207.9 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed (incumbent) | 4.12% | 124 | 126.8 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,843 Valid: 3,007 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 752 Turnout: 3,074 (38.34%) |||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Stirling Council election
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Jim Thomson | 1,482 | 36.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | John Hendry | 1,083 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Lesley Stein | 596 | 14.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 456 | 11.1 | 3 | 5 |
| Labour | Frances Junnier | 340 | 8.3 | | |
| Independent | James McDonald | 146 | 3.6 | | |