Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Perthshire North | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Perthshire North shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 72,577 (2019)[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 constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Perth and Kinross. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is 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.
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.[2] Since first created it has been held by John Swinney of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for North Tayside.
Electoral region
[edit]The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.
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.
Constituency boundaries and council area
[edit]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 Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies, and consequently Perth and Kinross was spread across four constituencies: Angus, North Tayside, Ochil and Perth. In 2005 Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies whilst Scottish Parliament constituencies were left unchanged for the 2007 election.[3] Scottish Parliament constituencies were reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election 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. The electoral wards used in Perthshire North are listed below. All of these wards are part of Perth and Kinross:[4]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | John Swinney[a] | Scottish National Party |
- ^ Incumbent for North Tayside constituency since 1999.
Election results
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2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Swinney[a] | 19,860 | 49.5 | ![]() |
16,090 | 40.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Murdo Fraser[b] | 15,807 | 39.4 | ![]() |
14,670 | 36.5 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 3,241 | 8.1 | ![]() | |||||
Labour | Ryan Smart | 2,324 | 5.8 | ![]() |
2,838 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Barrett | 1,802 | 4.5 | ![]() |
1,728 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Alba | 658 | 1.6 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 270 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | Donald Marshall | 334 | 0.8 | New | 230 | 0.6 | New | |
Reform UK | 111 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 105 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 96 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 51 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 34 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Martin Keatings | 25 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Renew | 8 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Independent | Mercy Kamanja | 4 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 4,053 | 10.1 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 40,127 | 40,159 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 141 | 73 | ||||||
Turnout | 40,268 | 69.9 | ![]() |
40,232 | 69.9 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Swinney[a] | 16,526 | 48.6 | ![]() |
14,218 | 41.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Murdo Fraser[b] | 13,190 | 38.8 | ![]() |
13,038 | 38.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Anna McEwan | 2,604 | 7.7 | ![]() |
2,599 | 7.6 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,045 | 6.0 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Barrett | 1,705 | 5.0 | ![]() |
1,336 | 3.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 634 | 1.9 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 104 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 78 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 60 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Majority | 3,336 | 9.8 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 34,025 | 34,112 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 112 | 59 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,137 | 63.0 | ![]() |
34,171 | 63.0 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | John Swinney[a] | 18,219 | 60.8 | N/A | 15,908 | 53.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Murdo Fraser[b] | 7,866 | 26.3 | N/A | 7,491 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Pete Cheema | 2,672 | 8.9 | N/A | 2,690 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1,359 | 4.5 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 1,196 | 4.0 | N/A | 1,121 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 440 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 334 | 1.1 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 187 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 110 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 97 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 88 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 74 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Andrew Roger | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Solidarity | 17 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 10,353 | 34.5 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 29,953 | 29,958 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 117 | 117 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,070 | 56.3 | N/A | 30,075 | 56.3 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021."accompanying summary notes".
- ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 25. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Perthshire North". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Scottish Parliamentary election results". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Perthshire North constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
- Politics of Perth and Kinross
- Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
- Constituencies established in 2011
- 2011 establishments in Scotland
- Politics of Perth, Scotland
- Blairgowrie and Rattray
- Coupar Angus
- Pitlochry
- Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross
- John Swinney