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 county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, representing, at any one time, a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Periodical Review[1] |
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| Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross |
As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review[1] of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the constituency was created to cover a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and first used in the 2005 general election. Perth and North Perthshire was created, at the same time, to cover the rest of the Perth and Kinross council area and the Clackmannanshire council area.
Prior to the 2005 election, the council areas had been covered by the Angus, Ochil, Perth and North Tayside constituencies. The Perth constituency was entirely within the Perth and Kinross council area, the North Tayside constituency covered a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area and a northern portion of the Angus council area, the Angus constituency covered a small southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, a southern portion of the Angus council area, and northern portions of the Dundee City council area, and the Ochil constituency covered another southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, the whole of the Clackmannanshire council area and a southeastern portion of the Stirling council area.
Perth and North Perthshire replaced part of the North Tayside constituency and part of the Perth constituency.
[edit] Member 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 Democrat | Gordon Campbell | 7,403 | 16.1 | +4.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Philip Stott | 509 | 1.1 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 1,521 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 45,930 | 64.8 | +0.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
