Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Roseanna Cunningham
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Created from	Ochil, Perth

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

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

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:

Strathearn, Strathallan, Kinross-shire, Almond and Earn, Perth City North, Perth City South

Constituency profile

BBC profile:^[1]

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

As Perth

	Member	Party
1999	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
2003
2007

As Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
	2016

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
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 Roseanna Cunningham		15,315	42.4	-9.1	13,668	37.7	-10
	Conservative	Elizabeth Smith		13,893	38.4	+9.9	13,966	38.5	+13.3
	Labour	Scott Nicholson		3,389	9.4	-3.4	3,429	9.4	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Robertson		3,008	8.3	+1.1	1,949	5.4	+0.5
	Independent	Craig Finlay		544	1.5	+1.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Scottish Green						2,264	6.2	+1.4
	UKIP						635	1.8	+0.7
	RISE						123	0.3	+0.3
	Solidarity						95	0.3	+0.3
	Libertarian						70	0.2	+0.2
Informal votes				112			72
Total Valid votes				36,149			36,271
	SNP hold		Majority	1,422	4.00	-19.04

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire^[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 Roseanna Cunningham		16,073	51.49	+14.63	14,957	47.73
	Conservative	Elizabeth Smith		8,907	28.53	-3.86	7,865	25.10
	Labour	Patricia Duncan		3,980	12.75	+0.16	3,907	12.47
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Robertson		2,256	7.23	-9.57	1,527	4.87
	Scottish Green						1,512	4.82
	Scottish Senior Citizens						522	1.67
	UKIP						349	1.11
	BNP						183	0.58
	Scottish Christian						107	0.34
	Socialist Labour						104	0.33
	Scottish Socialist						86	0.27
	Christian Peoples						75	0.24
	Independent - Andrew Rodger						55	0.18
	Solidarity						14	0.04
Informal votes				90			75
Total Valid votes				31,216			31,338
	SNP hold		Majority	7,166	22.96

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Party		Votes	%
	SNP	11,431	36.9
	Conservative	10,047	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	5,211	16.8
	Labour	3,906	12.6
	Others	420	1.4
Majority		1,384	4.5
	SNP hold	Swing

Footnotes

↑ 'Perthshire South and Kinross-shire'
↑ Constituency profile: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire- Scotland Votes; retrieved 14.05.2011
↑ Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Results 2011- Perth and Kinross Council; retrieved 14.05.2011

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