Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire,Angus,Argyll and Bute,Clackmannanshire,Dundee,Fife,Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire,the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
John Ramsay Swinney is a Scottish politician currently serving as Deputy First Minister of Scotland since 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery since 2021. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2000 to 2004. He served as Finance Secretary from 2007 to 2016 and as Education Secretary from 2016 to 2021. Swinney has also served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire North since 2011,having previously represented North Tayside from 1999 to 2011.
Roseanna Cunningham is a retired Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Environment,Climate Change and Land Reform from 2016 to 2021. She was previously Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work,Skills and Training from 2014 until 2016.
Annabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament,alongside Liam McArthur,since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath constituency since 2016,having previously been an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2011 to 2016.
Gilbert Martin Paterson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie,from 2011 to 2021. Previously he had been an MSP for the West of Scotland region,having been elected on 3 May 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was an MSP for Central Scotland.
Perth was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also,however,it was one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which still elects seven additional members,in addition to nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
North Tayside was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also,however,it was one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Kirkcaldy is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also,it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Joseph Martin FitzPatrick is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Public Health,Sport and Wellbeing from 2018 to until his resignation in 2020. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City West since the 2007. He also served as Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2012 to 2018.
Keith James Brown is a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018 and Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans since 2021. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007,first representing the Ochil constituency from 2007 to 2011,then the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency since 2011.
Ewan Dow is a former Scottish politician.
Shirley-Anne Somerville is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dunfermline since 2016,having previously served as an additional member for the Lothians region from 2007 to 2011.
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane is constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Stirling council area and the entirety of Clackmannanshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Created in 2011,the constituency covers much of the area previously in the abolished Ochil.
Perthshire North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Perth and Kinross. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Perth and Kinross. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also,however,it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Dunfermline is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Fife. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Derek Mackay is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution from 2016 to 2018 and Cabinet Secretary for Finance,Economy and Fair Work from 2018 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West from 2011 to 2021.
Alexander James Stewart is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2016.
Evelyn Tweed is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Stirling since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been a councillor in Stirling for Trossachs and Teith ward since 2017.
