Perth and Kinross-shire
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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Perth and Kinross-shire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The seat is currently held by the SNP's Pete Wishart who previously served as the MP for Perth and North Perthshire from 2005 to 2024 and North Tayside from 2001 to 2005.
| Perth and Kinross-shire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
Boundary of Perth and Kinross-shire in Scotland | |
| Subdivision | Perth and Kinross |
| Electorate | 76,320 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Perth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Pete Wishart (SNP) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Ochil and South Perthshire & Perth and North Perthshire |
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards or part wards of Perth and Kinross Council:[3][4]
- In full: Almond and Earn, Kinross-shire, Strathearn, Carse of Gowrie, Perth City Centre, Perth City North, Perth City South.
- In part: Strathallan, Strathmore (area of Scone and District community council), Strathtay (minority of electorate including the villages of Dunning and Muthill).
The majority of the electorate, comprising the Carse of Gowrie, the city of Perth and surrounding villages, was previously part of the former Perth and North Perthshire constituency; areas to the west and south of Perth, including the towns of Crieff and Kinross, were transferred from the abolished constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire.[5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pete Wishart | SNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Pete Wishart | 18,928 | 37.8 | −7.5 | |
| Conservative | Luke Graham | 14,801 | 29.6 | −11.5 | |
| Labour | Graham Cox | 9,018 | 18.0 | +13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Clark | 3,681 | 7.4 | −0.6 | |
| Reform | Helen McDade | 2,970 | 5.9 | +5.2 | |
| Independent | Sally Hughes | 679 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,127 | 8.2 | |||
| Turnout | 50,077 | 64.8 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result [a] [7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| SNP | 25,562 | 45.3 | |
| Conservative | 23,198 | 41.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,505 | 8.0 | |
| Labour | 2,818 | 5.0 | |
| Brexit Party | 402 | 0.7 | |
| Majority | 2,364 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | 56,485 | 74.0 | |
| Electorate | 76,320 | ||
Notes
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place