Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Perth and North Perthshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Perth and North Perthshire in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Perth and Kinross
Current constituency
Created	2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament	Pete Wishart (SNP)
Created from	Angus Ochil Perth and North Tayside
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Perth and North Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Periodical Review

Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross

As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the constituency was created to cover a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, and first used in the 2005 general election. Ochil and South Perthshire was created, at the same time, to cover the rest of the Perth and Kinross council area and the Clackmannanshire council area.

Prior to the 2005 election, the council areas had been covered by the Angus, Ochil, Perth and North Tayside constituencies. The Perth constituency was entirely within the Perth and Kinross council area, the North Tayside constituency covered a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area and a northern portion of the Angus council area, the Angus constituency covered a small southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, a southern portion of the Angus council area, and northern portions of the Dundee City council area, and the Ochil constituency covered another southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, the whole of the Clackmannanshire council area and a southeastern portion of the Stirling council area.

Perth and North Perthshire replaced part of the North Tayside constituency and part of the Perth constituency.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Pete Wishart	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Perth and North Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Pete Wishart	19,118	39.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Peter Lyburn	14,739	30.5	+0.2
	Labour	Jamie Glackin	7,923	16.4	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett	5,954	12.3	−3.8
	Trust	Douglas Taylor	534	1.1	N/A
Majority			4,379	9.1	+5.8
Turnout			48,268	66.9	+3.0
	SNP hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Perth and North Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Pete Wishart	15,469	33.7	n/a
	Conservative	Douglas Taylor	13,948	30.4	n/a
	Labour	Doug Maughan	8,601	18.7	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Campbell	7,403	16.1	n/a
	Scottish Socialist	Philip Stott	509	1.1	n/a
Majority			1,521	3.3
Turnout			45,930	64.8	n/a