Current council

Stirling council is currently run by a partnership of SNP and Labour councillors.

According to the 2020 Hands Up survey 43.9% of children in Stirling walked to school in 2020, 5.1% cycled and 2.5% scooted or skated. According to the 2021 Cycling Scotland annual monitoring report 7% of employees usually or regularly cycle to work and 18% of households have no access to a car. The council’s active travel budget for 2019/20 was £216,000 (capital) and £145,570 (revenue), which works out as a total of £3.84 per person. It has a Local Transport Strategy for 2017-27 which includes an Active Travel Action Plan.

Local groups: Recyke-a-bike.

2022 local election

Find your candidates at Who Can I Vote For or consult the Notice of Poll.

Parties standing (in alphabetical order)

Endorsements of our three asks:

  • Alasdair Tollemache, the Green candidate for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan endorsed our three asks.
  • Jim Thomson, the SNP candidate for North Stirling endorsed our three asks.
  • Amy Smith, the Green candidate for North Stirling endorsed our three asks.
  • Neil Benny, the Conservative candidate for Stirling West responded: “The @walkwheelcycle pledges all seem like common sense to me and happy to support it. We need a cycling masterplan for Stirling to tie together all the loose ends and we need more focus on paths and pavements to encourage walking.”
  • Thomas Heald, the Conservative candidate for Forth and Endrick responded: “Happy to also support the @walkwheelcycle pledges. In a rural ward like Forth and Endrick there are a lot of loose ends and I fully support large scale projects like the Kings Highway project to link up the villages and Stirling.”
  • Rachel Nunn, the Conservative candidate for North Stirling has endorsed the campaign