Perth City Centre (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Perth City Centre is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jack Coburn (SNP)		Archie MacLellan (Labour)		Heather Stewart (Conservative)		Peter Barrett (Liberal Democrats)
2012
2015 By-	Andrew Parrott (SNP)
2017			Eric Drysdale (SNP)	Chris Ahern (Conservative)
2022

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[2]

Perth City Centre - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Eric Drysdale (incumbent)	27.49%	1,445
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett (incumbent)	19.75%	1,038	1,051.6	1,056.41
	Conservative	Chris Ahern (incumbent)	19.12%	1,005	1,008.26	1,009.26	1,010.19	1,026.22	1,037.52	1,042.48	1,328
	SNP	Andrew Parrott (incumbent)	12.46%	655	979.46	1,006.45	1,007.02	1,013.84	1,174.36
	Labour	Scott Forsyth	8.28%	435	449.41	453.96	454.96	472.29	543.09	576.67	581.87
	Conservative	Nick Tulloch	5.69%	299	299.54	299.54	299.87	305.89	312.92	314.49
	Green	Susannah Rae	5.1%	268	282.41	284.96	285.51	294.35
	Independent	Ian Thomson	1.28%	64	66.45	74.45	74.71
	Alba	Sandy Miller	0.91%	48	53.71
Electorate: 12,856  Valid: 5,257  Quota: 1,052  Turnout: 41.8%

2017 Election

2017 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[3]

Perth City Centre - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Chris Ahern	32.75	1,763
	SNP	Eric Drysdale	19.99	1,076	1,091.17
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett (incumbent)	19.28	1,038	1,313.87
	SNP	Andrew Parrott (incumbent)	14.08	758	763.06	780.22	792.2	792.21	809.79	895.96	1,086.4
	Labour	Tricia Duncan	8.81	474	554.93	627.55	628.32	633.9	668.24	739.77
	Green	Fraser Hunter	3.23	174	191.51	218.62	219.19	225.54	250.69
	Scotland Independent Network	Ian Thomson	1.45	78	132.08	152.44	152.56	173.49
	Independent	David West	0.41	22	44.57	54.84	54.87
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,383  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 1,077  Turnout: 5,512 (44.7%)

2012 Election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[4]

Perth City Centre - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Jack Coburn (incumbent)†	21.77%	923
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett (incumbent)	21.09%	894
	Labour	Archie MacLellan (incumbent)	17.43%	739	742	751	751	778	834	1,038
	SNP	Andy Hay	14.74%	625	691	697	698	716	749
	Conservative	Heather Stewart (incumbent)	16.58%	703	704	716	719	729	792	837
	Independent	Nathan Shields	5.28%	224	225	230	241	279
	Perth Independent Candidates Party	Ian Thomson	2.62%	111	112	114	119
	Perth Independent Candidates Party	Mahesh Rednam	0.47%	20	20	21
Electorate: -  Valid: 4,239  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 848  Turnout: 4,315 (%)

2007 Election

2007 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[5]

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City Centre

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jack Coburn	23.0	1,299
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett	20.8	1,172
	Conservative	Heather Stewart	20.1	1,137
	Labour	Archie MacLellan	17.9	1,012	1,024	1,032	1,034	1,104	1,201
	SNP	Gordon Hunter	8.6	488	598	604	604	664	745
	Independent	Ian Thomson	5.3	298	305	312	313	364
	Green	Jack Cockin	4.2	238	249	258	259
Electorate: 11,109  Valid: 5,644  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 1,129  Turnout: 51.84%

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Perth and Kinross Council 2022". 8 May 2022.
3. "Perth & Kinross Council - Local Government Elections results in 2017". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. "Perth & Kinross Council - Local Government Elections results in 2012". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Perth & Kinross Council - Election results". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.