Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire |
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Educated |
2011 |
MP |
Roseanna Cunningham ( SNP ) |
Regions |
Perth and Kinross |
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was newly created in 2011 as part of the constituency revision as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife . The areas were previously largely within the former Perth constituency . The constituency of Perthshire South and Kinross-shire includes areas of the Council Area Perth and Kinross with the cities of Kinross and Crieff and parts of the city of Perth . The constituency sends a representative.
The constituency extends over an area of 1367.3 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 76,473 people lived within its borders.
Election results
Parliamentary election 2011
Results of the 2011 general election | |||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % |
SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 16,073 | 51.5 |
Conservative | Elizabeth Smith | 8907 | 28.5 |
Labor | Patricia Duncan | 3980 | 12.8 |
Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson | 2256 | 7.2 |
Turnout: 53.9% |
General election 2016
Results of the 2016 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 15,315 | 42.4 | −9.1 |
Conservative | Elizabeth Smith | 13,893 | 38.4 | +9.9 |
Labor | Scott Nicholson | 3,389 | 9.4 | −3.4 |
Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson | 3,008 | 8.3 | +1.1 |
Independent | Craig Finlay | 544 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
Turnout: 36,149 |