Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency).
Perthshire North
Scottish Parliament
county constituency
Perthshire North shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created 2011
Council area Perth and Kinross

Perthshire North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the old constituency of Perth, was be abolished and replaced by Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

Contents

Electoral region

See also Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. The area has been covered by Westminster constituencies with differing names but similar boundaries since 1918, but in 2005 Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1]. Most of the Perth Westminster constituency was merged into Ochil and South Perthshire. Part, including the town of Perth, was merged into Perth and North Perthshire.

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the next election in 2011, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has created two newly drawn seats to replace Perth. These will be known as Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

Constituency profile

In Westminster elections the area is traditionally Conservative, and Conservatives have held seats representing the area during most of the period since World War II. Scottish National Party (SNP) tradition is also strong, however, and the SNP has contested every parliamentary election in the area in the same post war period. In the Perth and Kinross Westminster by-election in 1995, the SNP's Roseanna Cunningham won the Perth and Kinross Westminster seat from the Conservatives with an 11.5% swing. She then held the seat in the 1997 United Kingdom general election and went on to be elected to Holyrood in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, and to be re-elected in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.

Current Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
2011 John Swinney Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliamentary election, 2011

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Perthshire North[2][3]

Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
SNP Y John Swinney 18,219 60.83 +10.48 15,908 52.89
Conservative Murdo Fraser 7,866 26.26 -2.59 7,491 24.91
Labour Pete Cheema 2,672 8.92 +0.42 2,690 8.94
Liberal Democrats Victor Clements 1,196 3.99 -7.81 1,121 3.73
Scottish Green   1,359 4.52
Scottish Senior Citizens   440 1.46
UKIP   334 1.11
BNP   187 0.62
Scottish Christian   110 0.37
Socialist Labour   97 0.32
Christian Peoples   88 0.29
Scottish Socialist   74 0.25
Independent - Andrew Rodger 42 0.14
Solidarity   17 0.06
Informal votes 117 117
Total Valid votes 29,953 30,075
SNP hold Majority 10,353 34.56

Scottish Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit

Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
  2. ^ Scottish Parliamentary election results 2011-Perth and Kinross Council; retrieved 14.05.2011
  3. ^ Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Results 2011-Perth and Kinross Council; retrieved 14.05.2011
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