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'''Perth and Kinross''' was a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1983 to 1997. It elected one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election. |
'''Perth and Kinross''' was a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1983 to 1997. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election. |
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== Boundaries == |
== Boundaries == |
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|p|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party!!Notes |
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|p|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party!!Notes |
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| [[United Kingdom general election |
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
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| Sir [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
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| [[Scottish Conservative Party|Conservative]] |
| [[Scottish Conservative Party|Conservative]] |
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| Died in office February 1995 |
| Previously MP for Kinross and West Perthshire from October 1974. Died in office February 1995 |
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| [[Perth and Kinross by-election |
| [[1995 Perth and Kinross by-election|May 1995 by-election]] |
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| [[Roseanna Cunningham]] |
| [[Roseanna Cunningham]] |
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| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] |
| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] |
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| Subsequently MP for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]] from 1997 |
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|colspan="2" align="center"| [[United Kingdom general election |
|colspan="2" align="center"| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] |
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|colspan="3"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]'' |
|colspan="3"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]'' |
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===Elections of the 1980s=== |
===Elections of the 1980s=== |
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|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Perth and Kinross<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|General Election 1983]]: Perth and Kinross}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
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|votes = 17,888 |
|votes = 17,888 |
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|percentage = 40. |
|percentage = 40.2 |
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|change = |
|change = -3.6 |
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|votes = 11,155 |
|votes = 11,155 |
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|percentage = 25.1 |
|percentage = 25.1 |
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|change = |
|change = -7.5 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John |
|candidate = John Coutts |
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|votes = 10,997 |
|votes = 10,997 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 24.7 |
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|change = |
|change = +15.2 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Alistair |
|candidate = Alistair Stuart |
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|votes = 4,414 |
|votes = 4,414 |
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|percentage = 9.9 |
|percentage = 9.9 |
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|change = |
|change = -4.2 |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 6,733 |
|votes = 6,733 |
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|percentage = 15.2 |
|percentage = 15.2 |
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|change = |
|change = |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 44,454 |
|votes = 44,454 |
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|percentage = 72.3 |
|percentage = 72.3 |
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|change = |
|change = |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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{{Election box end}} |
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|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Perth and Kinross<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1987|General Election 1987]]: Perth and Kinross}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
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|votes = 18,716 |
|votes = 18,716 |
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|percentage = 39.6 |
|percentage = 39.6 |
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|change = −0. |
|change = −0.6 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Scottish National Party |
|party = Scottish National Party |
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|candidate = [[Jim Fairlie]] |
|candidate = [[Jim Fairlie (politician, born 1940)|Jim Fairlie]] |
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|votes = 13,040 |
|votes = 13,040 |
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|percentage = 27.6 |
|percentage = 27.6 |
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|votes = 7,969 |
|votes = 7,969 |
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|percentage = 16.9 |
|percentage = 16.9 |
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|change = −7. |
|change = −7.8 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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===Elections of the 1990s=== |
===Elections of the 1990s=== |
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|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Perth and Kinross<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1992|General Election 1992]]: Perth and Kinross}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
|candidate = [[Nicholas Fairbairn]] |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Mervyn |
|candidate = [[Mervyn Rolfe]] |
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|votes = 6,267 |
|votes = 6,267 |
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|percentage = 12.4 |
|percentage = 12.4 |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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|title=[[Perth and Kinross by-election |
|title=[[1995 Perth and Kinross by-election|By-election 1995]]: Perth and Kinross}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Scottish National Party |
|party = Scottish National Party |
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|candidate = [[Roseanna Cunningham]] |
|candidate = [[Roseanna Cunningham]] |
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|votes = 586 |
|votes = 586 |
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|percentage = 1.4 |
|percentage = 1.4 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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|votes = 504 |
|votes = 504 |
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|percentage = 1.2 |
|percentage = 1.2 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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|votes = 223 |
|votes = 223 |
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|percentage = 0.5 |
|percentage = 0.5 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box candidate |
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|party = Scottish Conservatory and Unionist<ref>{{cite web |title=Conservatory candidate |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12107386.conservatory-candidate/ |website=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |access-date=2 November 2023 |date=12 May 1995}}</ref> |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = Michael A. Halford |
|candidate = Michael A. Halford |
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|votes = 88 |
|votes = 88 |
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|percentage = 0.2 |
|percentage = 0.2 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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|votes = 54 |
|votes = 54 |
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|percentage = 0.1 |
|percentage = 0.1 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 7,311 |
|votes = 7,311 |
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|percentage = 17. |
|percentage = 17.5 |
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|change = |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)]] |
[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)]] |
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[[Category:Politics of Perth and Kinross]] |
[[Category:Politics of Perth and Kinross]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 15 July 2024
Perth and Kinross | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Perthshire |
Major settlements | Perth |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Perth & East Perthshire, Kinross and West Perthshire, Dundee West and Angus South[1] |
Replaced by | Perth, Ochil, Angus, Dundee West and North Tayside[1] |
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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
[edit]The Perth and Kinross constituency was largely a replacement for the Perth and East Perthshire constituency.[1] 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.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | Conservative | Previously MP for Kinross and West Perthshire from October 1974. Died in office February 1995 | |
May 1995 by-election | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP | Subsequently MP for Perth from 1997 | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Perth |
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 17,888 | 40.2 | −3.6 | |
SNP | Douglas Crawford | 11,155 | 25.1 | −7.5 | |
Liberal | John Coutts | 10,997 | 24.7 | +15.2 | |
Labour | Alistair Stuart | 4,414 | 9.9 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 6,733 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 44,454 | 72.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 18,716 | 39.6 | −0.6 | |
SNP | Jim Fairlie | 13,040 | 27.6 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Stewart Donaldson | 7,969 | 16.9 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Jack McConnell | 7,490 | 15.9 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 5,676 | 12.0 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,215 | 74.4 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 20,195 | 40.2 | +0.6 | |
SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 18,101 | 36.0 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Mervyn Rolfe | 6,267 | 12.4 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Black | 5,714 | 11.4 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 2,094 | 4.2 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,950 | 76.9 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 16,931 | 40.4 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Douglas Alexander | 9,620 | 22.9 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | John Godfrey | 8,990 | 21.4 | −18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Linklater | 4,952 | 11.8 | +0.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 586 | 1.4 | New | |
UKIP | Vivian T. Linacre | 504 | 1.2 | New | |
Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 223 | 0.5 | New | |
Scottish Conservatory and Unionist[6] | Michael A. Halford | 88 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | Gary D. Black | 54 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,311 | 17.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41.948 | 61.7 | −14.8 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "'Perth and Kinross', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Conservatory candidate". The Herald. 12 May 1995. Retrieved 2 November 2023.