Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Perthshire South and Kinross-shire shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 78,713 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Jim Fairlie |
Council area | Perth and Kinross |
Created from | Ochil, Perth |
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 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 seat has been held by Jim Fairlie of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
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 North 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]The Perth and Kinross council area is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies, Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, defined by the 2011 first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies. Prior to this, Perth and Kinross was represented by three constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, which were used from the opening of the Parliament in 1999 until the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, these were: North Tayside, Perth and Ochil.
The electoral wards used in Perthshire South and Kinross-shire are:[2]
Constituency profile
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This is a relatively prosperous, largely rural, lowland constituency on the fringe of the Highlands with successful livestock and fruit-growing sectors reliant on its good soil quality. The beautiful scenery also attracts tourism, and the constituency as a whole enjoys relatively low unemployment. A sizeable amount of the electorate lives in the city of Perth while other towns in the constituency include Auchterarder, Crieff, and Bridge of Earn. Kinross was added to the constituency in the border review of 2011. The Tories held Perth's predecessor seats at Westminster for most of the post-war period. But in the 1995 by-election, the SNP's Roseanna Cunningham won through and retained the seat at the 1997 General Election. She went on to be elected to Holyrood when the Scottish Parliament was formed in 1999, and was returned in 2003, 2007 and again in 2011. |
The Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency covers the southern half of the Perth and Kinross council area, forming its northern boundaries with the Perthshire North constituency following the River Almond and the River Tay east of Perth. The seat covers a majority of the city of Perth to the north-east, covering the western side of the city from Dunkeld Road and the railway line.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | |
2021 | Jim Fairlie |
Election results
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/PerthshireSouth_1999-2021.png/700px-PerthshireSouth_1999-2021.png)
2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Jim Fairlie | 20,126 | 45.7 | ![]() |
16,074 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Liz Smith[a] | 18,178 | 41.2 | ![]() |
16,317 | 36.9 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 3,814 | 8.6 | ![]() | |||||
Labour | Janine Rennie | 2,943 | 6.7 | ![]() |
3,575 | 8.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Brown | 2,823 | 6.4 | ![]() |
2,694 | 6.1 | ![]() | |
Alba | 669 | 1.5 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 310 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 225 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 142 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 121 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 98 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 53 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 50 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Martin Keatings | 18 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Renew | 13 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Independent | Mercy Kamanja | 8 | 0.0 | New | ||||
Majority | 1,948 | 4.5 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 44,070 | 44,181 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 147 | 84 | ||||||
Turnout | 44,217 | 69.8 | ![]() |
44,265 | 69.9 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Roseanna Cunningham[a] | 15,315 | 42.4 | ![]() |
13,668 | 37.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Liz Smith[b] | 13,893 | 38.4 | ![]() |
13,966 | 38.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Scott Nicholson | 3,389 | 9.4 | ![]() |
3,429 | 9.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson | 3,008 | 8.3 | ![]() |
1,949 | 5.4 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,264 | 6.3 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 635 | 1.8 | ![]() | |||||
Independent politician | Craig Finlay | 544 | 1.5 | New | ||||
RISE | 123 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 95 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 70 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Majority | 1,422 | 3.9 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 36,149 | 36,271 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 112 | 72 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,261 | 61.1 | ![]() |
36,271 | 61.1 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Roseanna Cunningham[b] | 16,073 | 51.49 | ![]() |
14,957 | 47.73 | N/A | |
Conservative | Liz Smith[c] | 8,907 | 28.53 | ![]() |
7,865 | 25.10 | N/A | |
Labour | Patricia Duncan | 3,980 | 12.75 | ![]() |
3,907 | 12.47 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson | 2,256 | 7.23 | ![]() |
1,527 | 4.87 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1,512 | 4.82 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 522 | 1.67 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 349 | 1.11 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 183 | 0.58 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 107 | 0.34 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 104 | 0.33 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 86 | 0.27 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 75 | 0.24 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Andrew Roger | 55 | 0.18 | N/A | ||||
Solidarity | 14 | 0.04 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 7,166 | 23.0 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,216 | 31,263 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 90 | 75 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,603 | 53.9 | N/A | 31,338 | 53.9 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
2000s: Notional Result
[edit]The following is the notional result for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, as calculated by the BBC.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | N/A | 11,431 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | N/A | 10,047 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | N/A | 5,211 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Labour | N/A | 3,906 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Others | N/A | 420 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,384 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
SNP hold | Swing | N/A |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Perthshire South and Kinross-shire - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News.
- ^ a b "Scottish Parliamentary election results". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Perthshire South & Kinross-shire". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 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.
- ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2021.