Perthshire North

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Perthshire North
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Perthshire North shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate59,944 (2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP John Swinney
Council area Perth and Kinross
Created from North Tayside,
Perth

Perthshire North is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Perth and Kinross. [2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) 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. [3]

Contents

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises areas that were formerly part of the constituencies of Angus, Perth and North Tayside, which were abolished. [4] Since first created it has been held by John Swinney of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for North Tayside. Swinney has been First Minister of Scotland since May 2024.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling. [3] The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area. [5]

Constituency boundaries and council area

Perthshire North
Map of boundaries from 2011

Perth and Kinross is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies, Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, which together cover the entire council area.

When the Scottish Parliament was established constituency boundaries were the same as the pre-existing House of Commons constituencies, and consequently Perth and Kinross was spread across four constituencies: Angus, North Tayside, Ochil and Perth. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election UK and Scottish parliamentary constituencies were separated, and there is no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries. [6] Scottish Parliament constituencies were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, and the existing constituencies covering Perth and Kinross were abolished, leading to the current situation.

Perthshire North covers the northern part of Perth and Kinross, including part of the City of Perth, and the towns of Aberfeldy, Blairgowrie and Rattray, Coupar Angus, Dunkeld, Pitlochry and Scone. Much of the north of the constituency forms part of the Cairngorms National Park. The electoral wards of Perth and Kinross Council used in the formation of Perthshire North are listed below: [7]

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were ammended very slightly to reflect changes in the boundaries of the above wards, [8] [9] although the seat continues to be formed of the same wards as at the first periodic review. [2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2011 John Swinney [a] Scottish National Party
  1. ↑ Incumbent for North Tayside constituency since 1999.

Election results

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Perthshire North election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [10] [11]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [a] 19,86049.5Increase2.svg0.916,09040.1Decrease2.svg1.6
Conservative Murdo Fraser [b] 15,80739.4Increase2.svg0.614,67036.5Decrease2.svg 1.7
Green 3,2418.1Increase2.svg2.1
Labour Ryan Smart2,3245.8Decrease2.svg1.92,8387.1Decrease2.svg0.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett1,8024.5Decrease2.svg0.51,7284.3Increase2.svg0.4
Alba 6581.6New
All for Unity 2700.7New
Scottish Family Donald Marshall3340.8New2300.6New
Reform 1110.3New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1050.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)960.2New
Scottish Libertarian 510.1Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP 340.1Decrease2.svg1.8
Independent Martin Keatings250.1New
Renew 80.0New
Independent Mercy Kamanja40.0New
Majority4,05310.1Increase2.svg0.3
Valid Votes40,12740,159
Invalid Votes14173
Turnout 40,26869.9Increase2.svg6.940,23269.9Increase2.svg6.9
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [11]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [a] 16,52648.6Decrease2.svg12.214,21841.7Decrease2.svg11.4
Conservative Murdo Fraser [b] 13,19038.8Increase2.svg12.513,03838.2Increase2.svg13.2
Labour Anna McEwan2,6047.7Decrease2.svg1.22,5997.6Decrease2.svg1.4
Green 2,0456.0Increase2.svg1.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett1,7055.0Increase2.svg1.01,3363.9Increase2.svg0.2
UKIP 6341.9Increase2.svg0.8
RISE 1040.3New
Solidarity 780.2Increase2.svg0.1
Scottish Libertarian 600.2New
Majority3,3369.8Decrease2.svg24.7
Valid Votes34,02534,112
Invalid Votes11259
Turnout 34,13763.0Increase2.svg6.734,17163.0Increase2.svg6.7
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [12] [13]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [a] 18,21960.8N/A15,90853.1N/A
Conservative Murdo Fraser [b] 7,86626.3N/A7,49125.0N/A
Labour Pete Cheema2,6728.9N/A2,6909.0N/A
Green 1,3594.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Victor Clements1,1964.0N/A1,1213.7N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 4401.5N/A
UKIP 3341.1N/A
BNP 1870.6N/A
Scottish Christian 1100.4N/A
Socialist Labour 970.3N/A
CPA 880.3N/A
Scottish Socialist 740.2N/A
Independent Andrew Roger420.1N/A
Solidarity 170.1N/A
Majority10,35334.5N/A
Valid Votes29,95329,958
Invalid Votes117117
Turnout 30,07056.3N/A30,07556.3N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for the North Tayside constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 27.
  2. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 142.
  3. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ↑ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 25. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  6. ↑ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108-111.
  9. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 125-127.
  10. ↑ "Constituencies A-Z: Perthshire North". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Scottish Parliamentary election results" . Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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