Perth City North (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Elspeth Maclachlan (SNP)		Dave Scott (SNP)		John Flynn (Labour)		Calum Gillies (Labour)
2012	Dave Doogan (SNP)
2017		John Rebbeck (SNP)		Harry Coates (Conservative)	3 seats
2022	Ian Massie (SNP)			Brian Leishman (Labour)
2024 by-				Carol Mair (SNP)

Election Results

2024 by-election

Perth City North by-election (26 September 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Carol Mair	44.7	917	946	961	1,015	1,058
	Labour	Kirsten Nkwocha-Dyer	15.3	313	331	358	374	409
	Conservative	Aziz Rehman	14.4	296	297	316	323	365
	Reform UK	Sonia Davidson	10.2	209	213	220	234
	Alba	Robert Reid	6.5	133	139	145
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Ng-a-Mann	4.6	95	111
	Scottish Green	Caitlin Ripley	4.2	87
Electorate: 9,128  Quota: 1,050  Turnout: 22.7

Source: ^[2]

2022 Election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[3]

Perth City North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Ian Massie (incumbent)	32.66%	1,129
	SNP	John Rebbeck (incumbent)	22.53%	779	997.63
	Conservative	Aziz Rehman	19.58%	677	678.17	680.22	685.32	715.45	733.13
	Labour	Brian Leishman	15.33%	530	539.12	560.19	570.98	639.01	735.77	1,091.10
	Liberal Democrats	James Graham	4.25%	147	148.40	156.76	170.05
	Scottish Green	Ronnie McNeil	3.47%	120	131.93	170.87	198.72	228.03
	Alba	Alan Black	2.17%	75	79.21	94.65
Electorate: 9,041  Valid: 3,457  Quota: 865  Turnout: 39.3%

2017 Election

2017 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[4]

Perth City North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Dave Doogan (incumbent)	35.37	1,290
	Conservative	Harry Coates	25.58	933
	Labour	Calum Gillies (incumbent)	15.82	577	596.34	601.15	606.47	619.92	674.5	722.49
	SNP	John Rebbeck	13.16	480	797.63	798.15	799.44	817.98	836.76	870.49	1,047.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	3.45	126	131.86	135.71	137.73	141.91
	Independent	Elspeth MacLachlan (incumbent)*	3.1	113	118.57	120.01	124.05	188.88	213.64
	Independent	Sam Finlayson	2.5	91	97.45	99.45	119.88
	Independent	Arthur Frater	1.01	37	38.17	38.53
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,647  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 912  Turnout: 3,755 (41.1%)

2012 Election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[5]

Perth City North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Dave Doogan	31.35%	1,239
	Labour	John Flynn (incumbent)	23.10%	913
	SNP	Elspeth Maclachlan (incumbent)	14.88%	588	690	693	707	1,115
	Labour	Calum Gillies (incumbent)	13.31%	526	554	658	692	706	767	908
	Conservative	Yvonne Clark	10.37%	410	414	416	457	460	472
	SNP	Liam Hannan	3.80%	150	432	435	451
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	3.19%	126	131	133
Electorate: -  Valid: 3,952  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 791  Turnout: 4,052 (%)

2007 Election

2007 Perth and Kinross Council election ^[6]

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Elspeth Maclachlan	23.5	1,217
	SNP	Dave Scott	19.3	1,001	1,127
	Labour	John Flynn	18.5	958	964	975	991	1,146
	Conservative	Douglas Gratty	13.4	694	698	703	725	842	847
	Labour	Calum Gillies	12.8	666	675	684	697	785	867	1,115
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	10.1	523	529	541	593
	Scottish Green	Adam Ramsay	2.5	130	135	147
Electorate: 11,189  Valid: 5,189  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 1,038  Turnout: 47.74%

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "By election results". Perth and Kinross Council. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "Perth and Kinross Council 2022". 8 May 2022.
4. "Perth & Kinross Council - Local Government Elections results in 2017". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Perth & Kinross Council - Local Government Elections results in 2012". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. "Perth & Kinross Council - Election results". pkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.