Everything about Perth Scottish Parliament Constituency totally explained
Perth 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, however, it's 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.
Electoral region
» See also Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are
Dunfermline East,
Dunfermline West,
Fife Central,
Fife North East,
Kirkcaldy,
Ochil,
Stirling and
Tayside North.
The region covers all of the
Clackmannanshire council area, all of the
Fife council area, all of the
Perth and Kinross council area, all of the
Stirling council area and parts of the
Angus council area.
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 Westmister constituencies with differing names but similar boundaries since
1918, but in
2005 Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. 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.
The Holyrood constituency of Perth covers a central portion of the
Perth and Kinross council area. The rest of the council area is covered by two Mid Scotland and Fife constituencies,
Ochil and
Tayside North, and one
North East Scotland constituency,
Angus.
The Ochil constituency, to the south of the Perth constituency, also covers the
Clackmannanshire council area and a south-eastern portion of the
Stirling council area.
Tayside North, to the north of the Perth constituency, also covers a northern portions of the
Angus council area.
The Angus constituency, to the north-east of the Perth constituency, also covers a southern portion of the Angus council area and north-western and north-eastern portions of the
City of Dundee council area.
Description of the constituency
The constituency is a combination of small prosperous towns and rich agricultural land. It includes the
town of Perth and the towns of
Bridge of Earn,
Auchterarder,
Crieff and
Comrie. It is a relatively prosperous, largely rural,
Lowland seat on the fringe of the
Highlands, with successful livestock farming, fruit-growing and tourism interests. Unemployment is relatively low and half the electorate lives in the town of Perth itself.
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.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
Footnotes
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