Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

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

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament 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

Perth and Kinross is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies, Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

The electoral wards used in Perthshire South and Kinross-shire are:

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party

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	3.93

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

Party		Candidate	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

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: 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		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		Candidate	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