Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland,and a lieutenancy area. It is bordered by Highland and Aberdeenshire to the north,Angus,Dundee,and Fife to the east,Clackmannanshire to the south,and Stirling and Argyll and Bute to the west.
Alyn Edward Smith is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 2019 until 2024 when he unsuccessfully stood for the Stirling and Strathallan seat. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2004 to 2019. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Europe and EU Accession since December 2022.
Stirling was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Ochil and South Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Scottish Labour,officially the Scottish Labour Party,is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist,it holds 22 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is represented by 262 of the 1,227 local councillors across Scotland. The Scottish Labour party has no separate Chief Whip at Westminster.
Ian Murray is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since 2010. He has served as Secretary of State for Scotland since July 2024. He previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2024.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British Labour Co-op politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010. He has served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade since July 2024.
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012,the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.
Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections,it was held using single transferable vote (STV) –a form of proportional representation –in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
Michael Joseph Patrick Kane is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East since 2014. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation,Maritime and Security since July 2024.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West from 2015 until July 5 2024. He was SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration between September 2023 to July 2024.
Steven Alexander Paterson is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling between 2015 and 2017. He was not re-selected by the SNP to contest the Stirling seat at the 2019 general election.
Christopher Philip James Elmore is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend,previously Ogmore,since 2016. He has been Comptroller of the Household since 10 July 2024.
2017 Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on 4 May 2017,on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election utilised twenty-one wards with 77 Councillors being elected. This represented an increase of 7 seats and 1 additional ward when compared to 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system.
Steven Bonnar is a Scottish National Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coatbridge,Chryston and Bellshill from 2019 until the seat's abolition in 2024. He has been SNP Environment,Farming,Agriculture and Rural Affairs spokesperson since 2023.
The Alba Party is a Scottish nationalist and pro-independence political party in Scotland,founded in February 2021,led by former first minister of Scotland and SNP leader Alex Salmond. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021,with the party standing list-only candidates. Two members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK House of Commons defected from the Scottish National Party (SNP) to the Alba Party on 27 March 2021,and member of the Scottish parliament Ash Regan defected on 28 October 2023. Several former SNP MPs also joined the Alba Party. To date no Alba Party candidate has been elected at any election.
The Workers Party of Britain (WPB),also called the Workers Party of Great Britain (WPGB) or Workers Party GB,is a socialist and socially conservative political party in the United Kingdom,strongly identified with its leader,former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway.
Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections,it was held using single transferable vote (STV) –a form of proportional representation –in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
2022 Elections to Stirling Council were held on 5 May 2022,the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system.
Euan Stainbank is a Scottish Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk since 2024.
