Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Perth and Kinross
Type = County
Year = 1983
Abolition = 1997
members = One

Perth and Kinross was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The Perth and Kinross constituency was largely a replacement for the Perth and East Perthshire constituency.Fact|date=August 2007 As first used in the 1983 general election, it covered part of the region of Tayside, which had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as a region of three districts, including the district of Perth and Kinross. In 1997 the Perth and Kinross constituency was largely replaced by the Perth constituency.Fact|date=August 2007

Members of Parliament

Election results

1995 By-Election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Roseanna Cunningham
votes = 16,931
percentage = 40.4
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Alexander
votes = 9,620
percentage = 22.9
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. Godfrey
votes = 8,990
percentage = 21.4
change = -18.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mrs V. Linklater
votes = 4,952
percentage = 11.8
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch
votes = 586
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = V. Linacre
votes = 504
percentage = 1.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Robin Harper
votes = 223
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = M. Halford
votes = 88
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = G Black
votes = 54
percentage = 0.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,311
percentage = 17.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 41.948
percentage = 62.1
change = -14.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +11.6