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Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

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

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

BBC profile:[3]

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

Election results

Perthshire South & Kinross-shire election results 1999-2021

2020s

2010s

2000s: Notional Result

The following is the notional result for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, as calculated by the BBC.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 160. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Perthshire South and Kinross-shire - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News.
  4. ^ a b "Scottish Parliamentary election results". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Perthshire South & Kinross-shire". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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