Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Perth and North Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was created in 2005.
| Perth and North Perthshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Perth and North Perthshire in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Perth and Kinross |
| Major settlements | Blair Atholl, Dunkeld and Birnam, Invergowrie, Perth, Pitlochry |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of Parliament | Pete Wishart (SNP) |
| Created from | Perth (parts of), North Tayside (parts of) |
Campaigns in the seat have resulted in a minimum of 30% of votes at each election consistently for the same two parties' choice for candidate, and the next lower-placed party's having fluctuated between 8.1% and 18.7% of the vote since its relatively recent creation. The seat attracted a record seven candidates in 2015 and has seen as few as four, in 2017.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the transfer of "North Perthshire" to the new constituency of Angus and Perthshire Glens, offset by the addition of Strathearn, Almond and Earn and Kinross-shire from the abolished constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire. As a result of these changes, it will be renamed Perth and Kinross-shire, to be first contested at the next general election.