Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Perth and North Perthshire County constituency |
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Perth and North Perthshire shown within Scotland | |
Created: | 2005 |
MP: | Pete Wishart |
Party: | Scottish National Party |
Type: | House of Commons |
Council areas: | Perth and Kinross |
EP constituency: | Scotland |
Perth and North Perthshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing some of Perth and most of Tayside North.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the north of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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2005 | Peter Wishart | SNP |
[edit] Election results
General Election 2005: Perth and North Perthshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Scottish National Party | Pete Wishart | 15,469 | 33.7 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Douglas Taylor | 13,948 | 30.4 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Doug Maughan | 8,601 | 18.7 | −5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Campbell | 7,403 | 16.1 | +4.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Philip Stott | 509 | 1.1 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 1521 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,930 | 64.8 | +0.3 | ||
Scottish National Party hold | Swing | −3.8 |
This constituency was created in 2005 from parts of Perth and most of Tayside North.