Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency)

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Perth and Kinross
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Perthshire
Major settlements Perth
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Perth & East Perthshire, Kinross and West Perthshire, Dundee West and Angus South [1]
Replaced by Perth, Ochil, Angus, Dundee West and North Tayside [1]

Perth and Kinross was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Boundaries

The Perth and Kinross constituency was largely a replacement for the Perth and East Perthshire constituency. [1] As first used in the 1983 general election, it covered part of the region of Tayside, which had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as a region of three districts, including the district of Perth and Kinross. In 1997 the Perth and Kinross constituency was largely replaced by the Perth constituency. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1983 Sir Nicholas Fairbairn Conservative Previously MP for Kinross and West Perthshire from October 1974. Died in office February 1995
May 1995 by-election Roseanna Cunningham SNP Subsequently MP for Perth from 1997
1997 constituency abolished: see Perth

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Perth and Kinross [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Fairbairn 17,888 40.2 -3.6
SNP Douglas Crawford 11,15525.1-7.5
Liberal John Coutts10,99724.7+15.2
Labour Alistair Stuart4,4149.9-4.2
Majority6,73315.2
Turnout 44,45472.3
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Perth and Kinross [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Fairbairn 18,716 39.6 −0.6
SNP Jim Fairlie 13,04027.6+2.5
Liberal Stewart Donaldson7,96916.9−7.8
Labour Jack McConnell 7,49015.9+6.0
Majority5,67612.0-3.2
Turnout 47,21574.4+2.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Perth and Kinross [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Fairbairn 20,195 40.2 +0.6
SNP Roseanna Cunningham 18,10136.0+8.4
Labour Mervyn Rolfe 6,26712.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Black5,71411.4−5.5
Majority2,0944.2-7.8
Turnout 47,95076.9+2.5
Conservative hold Swing
By-election 1995: Perth and Kinross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Roseanna Cunningham 16,931 40.4 +4.4
Labour Douglas Alexander 9,62022.9+10.5
Conservative John Godfrey8,99021.4−18.8
Liberal Democrats Veronica Linklater 4,95211.8+0.4
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 5861.4New
UKIP Vivian T. Linacre5041.2New
Scottish Green Robin Harper 2230.5New
Scottish Conservatory and Unionist [6] Michael A. Halford880.2New
Natural Law Gary D. Black540.1New
Majority7,31117.5N/A
Turnout 41.94861.7−14.8
SNP gain from Conservative Swing +11.6

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Perth and Kinross', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Conservatory candidate". The Herald . 12 May 1995. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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