Location of the ward [1]
Strathtay is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.
Strathtay is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alisdair Wylie (SNP) | John Kellas (SNP) | Barbara Vaughan (Conservative) | |||||
| 2012 | Grant Laing (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Anne Jarvis (Conservative) | Ian James (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Claire McLaren (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
2022 Perth and Kinross Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Grant Laing (incumbent) | 25.74% | 1,328 | |||||
| SNP | Melanie Kinney | 20.72% | 1,069 | 1,101.19 | 1,107.33 | 1,114.84 | ||
| Conservative | Ian James (incumbent) | 18.84% | 972 | 972.4 | 1,698.57 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Claire McLaren | 18.65% | 962 | 964.92 | 1,020.06 | 1,231.26 | 1,821.09 | |
| Conservative | Anne Jarvis (incumbent) | 16.05% | 828 | 828.54 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,890 Valid: 5,159 Quota: 1,290 Turnout: 53.3% | ||||||||
2017 Perth and Kinross Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Anne Jarvis | 25.28 | 1,307 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ian James | 19.63 | 1,015 | 1,027.68 | 1,066.73 | 1,090.78 | 1,222.92 | 1,236.93 | |
| SNP | Grant Laing (incumbent) | 19.52 | 1,009 | 1,009.15 | 1,033.15 | 1,094.15 | 1,164.17 | 2,133.22 | |
| SNP | John Kellas (incumbent) | 18.28 | 945 | 945.13 | 955.13 | 1,018.13 | 1,112.13 | ||
| Labour | Frank Stevenson | 8.96 | 463 | 463.28 | 510.32 | 593.34 | |||
| Green | Elspeth Coutts | 4.24 | 219 | 219.12 | 277.16 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Linklater | 4.1 | 212 | 212.18 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,170 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,293 Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%) | |||||||||
2012 Perth and Kinross Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Barbara Vaughan (incumbent) | 31.44% | 1,003 | |
| SNP | John Kellas (incumbent) | 28.78% | 918 | |
| SNP | Grant Laing | 25.77% | 822 | |
| Labour | Anne Chatt | 9.50% | 303 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Henry Gaunt | 4.51% | 144 | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 3,190 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 798 Turnout: 3,221 (%) | ||||
2007 Perth and Kinross Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Barbara Vaughan | 32.7 | 1,400 | ||||
| SNP | John Kellas | 32.6 | 1,398 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Livingstone | 17.4 | 747 | 892 | 930 | ||
| SNP | Alisdair Wylie | 17.3 | 742 | 782 | 1,020 | 1,441 | |
| Electorate: 6,998 Valid: 4,287 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,072 Turnout: 62.40% | |||||||
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