Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Perth and North Perthshire County constituency |
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| Perth and North Perthshire shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Pete Wishart |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Perth and Kinross |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Perth and North Perthshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing some of Perth and most of Tayside North.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the north of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 2005 | Peter Wishart | SNP | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Perth and North Perthshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Pete Wishart | 15,469 | 33.7 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | Douglas Taylor | 13,948 | 30.4 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Doug Maughan | 8,601 | 18.7 | −5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Campbell | 7,403 | 16.1 | +4.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Philip Stott | 509 | 1.1 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 1521 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 45,930 | 64.8 | +0.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
This constituency was created in 2005 from parts of Perth and most of Tayside North.
