Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

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Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
2011
MP
Roseanna Cunningham ( SNP )

Roseanna Cunningham

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
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
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament