Perth and Kinross Council election, 2017
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All 40 seats to Perth and Kinross Council 21 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
Conservative |
SNP |
Liberal Democrats |
Seats before |
10 |
18 |
5 |
Seats after |
17 |
15 |
4 |
Seat change |
7 |
3 |
1 |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Party |
Labour |
Independent |
Last election |
3 seats, 7.3% |
0 seats, 0% |
Seats before |
4 |
3 |
Seats after |
1 |
3 |
Seat change |
3 |
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The 12 multi-member wards |
Council Leader before election
Ian Miller
SNP |
Council Leader after election
Ian Campbell
Conservative |
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Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election covered the twelve wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 40 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 1 member compared to 2012.
Following the 2012 election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the Council with the support of the Scottish Conservatives. After this election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups formed a coalition with independents to run the administration.[1] The sole Labour councillor, Alasdair Bailey, was initially named as part of the coalition, but soon insisted that he was not.[2]
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results
Carse of Gowrie
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change:1xLab Gain from SNP
Carse of Gowrie - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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Conservative |
Angus Forbes |
43.4 |
1,916 |
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SNP |
Beth Pover |
18.3 |
810 |
829.9 |
884.01 |
910.09 |
910.6 |
1,579.08 |
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SNP |
Douglas Pover (incumbent) |
15.1 |
668 |
681.1 |
692.1 |
715.6 |
715.8 |
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Labour |
Alasdair Bailey |
14.8 |
656 |
825.7 |
875.8 |
1,107.3 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Mary Matheson |
4.6 |
203 |
423.9 |
482.4 |
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Scottish Green |
Hilary Charles |
3.7 |
165 |
209 |
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Electorate: 7,830 Valid: 4,418 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 4,488 (57.3%) |
Strathmore
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Strathmore - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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Conservative |
Dennis Melloy (incumbent) |
26.7 |
1,833 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Lewis Simpson (incumbent) |
19.5 |
1,342 |
1,365.7 |
1,379.6 |
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SNP |
Fiona Sarwar |
18.2 |
1,251 |
1,266.9 |
1,267.8 |
1,267.9 |
1,355.9 |
1,417.8 |
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Conservative |
Colin Stewart |
15.2 |
1,047 |
1,418.9 |
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SNP |
Ian Stratton |
12.6 |
866 |
868.7 |
869.1 |
869.5 |
899.2 |
940.8 |
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Independent |
Alan Livingstone * |
3.9 |
270 |
277.2 |
282.2 |
283.4 |
358.08 |
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Scottish Green |
Michael Gallagher |
3.9 |
268 |
274.7 |
276.8 |
277.4 |
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Electorate: Valid: 6,877 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,376 Turnout: 7,042 (57.9%) |
- = Sitting Councillor from Almond and Earn Ward.
Blairgowrie and Glens
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Blairgowrie and Glens - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
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Conservative |
Caroline Shiers (incumbent) |
36.4 |
1,641 |
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SNP |
Tom McEwan |
23.4 |
1,055 |
1,067.8 |
1,074.1 |
1,099.2 |
1,154.3 |
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Conservative |
Bob Brawn |
19.9 |
897 |
1,341.5 |
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SNP |
Alison Mulholland |
13.5 |
609 |
616.8 |
621.7 |
658.5 |
682.3 |
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Scottish Green |
Louise Ramsay |
3.6 |
164 |
171.8 |
188.2 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Gordon Clark |
3.1 |
141 |
156.7 |
224.3 |
297.5 |
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Electorate: 8,607 Valid: 4,507 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 4,645 (53.6%) |
Highland
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIND
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xIND gain from SNP
Highland - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
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Conservative |
Ian Campbell (incumbent)†† |
45.44 |
1,927 |
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SNP |
Mike Williamson (incumbent) |
19.22 |
815 |
843.76 |
877.11 |
911.6 |
1,578.94 |
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SNP |
Kirsty Gowans |
17.31 |
734 |
757.82 |
791.27 |
822.21 |
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Independent |
Xander McDade |
10.59 |
449 |
716.39 |
770.28 |
953.5 |
1,024.24 |
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Scottish Green |
Mary McDougall |
3.96 |
168 |
200.81 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Kenneth Spittal |
3.49 |
148 |
332.71 |
385.39 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,241 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%) |
Strathtay
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Strathtay - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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Conservative |
Anne Jarvis |
25.28 |
1,307 |
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Conservative |
Ian James |
19.63 |
1,015 |
1,027.68 |
1,066.73 |
1,090.78 |
1,222.92 |
1,236.93 |
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SNP |
Grant Laing (incumbent) |
19.52 |
1,009 |
1,009.15 |
1,033.15 |
1,094.15 |
1,164.17 |
2,133.22 |
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SNP |
John Kellas (incumbent) |
18.28 |
945 |
945.13 |
955.13 |
1,018.13 |
1,112.13 |
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Labour |
Frank Stevenson |
8.96 |
463 |
463.28 |
510.32 |
593.34 |
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Scottish Green |
Elspeth Coutts |
4.24 |
219 |
219.12 |
277.16 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Alex Linklater |
4.1 |
212 |
212.18 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,170 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,293 Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%) |
Strathearn
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
- 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
Strathearn - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Conservative |
Roz McCall |
26.54 |
1,204 |
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Independent |
Rhona Brock (incumbent) |
24.51 |
1,112 |
1,115.72 |
1,144.78 |
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SNP |
Stewart Donaldson |
13.34 |
605 |
605.11 |
608.11 |
609.08 |
681.3 |
715.67 |
1,204.12 |
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Conservative |
Alex Menzies-Runciman |
13.01 |
590 |
651.37 |
670.43 |
672.64 |
686.92 |
764.31 |
769.32 |
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SNP |
John Fellows |
10.6 |
481 |
481 |
485 |
485.55 |
513.66 |
537.82 |
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Independent |
Craig Finlay |
6.06 |
275 |
275.86 |
279.92 |
283.26 |
317.53 |
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Scottish Green |
Lawrence Buckley |
4.12 |
187 |
187.29 |
199.34 |
200.38 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Tina Ng-A-Mann |
1.81 |
82 |
82.29 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,536 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 4,656 (54.4%) |
Strathallan
- 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lib Dem
Strathallan - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Conservative |
Murray Lyle (incumbent) |
28.05 |
1,280 |
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Conservative |
Crawford Reid |
23.64 |
1,079 |
1,195.76 |
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SNP |
Tom Gray (incumbent) |
14.61 |
667 |
669.37 |
670.14 |
673.14 |
705.19 |
736.49 |
1,279.99 |
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SNP |
Mairi MacDonald |
12.66 |
578 |
579.29 |
580.0 |
581 |
616.26 |
631.26 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Ann Gaunt (incumbent) |
11.79 |
538 |
546.52 |
563.61 |
565.76 |
628.41 |
752.12 |
788.79 |
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Labour |
Fhinan Beyts |
5.15 |
235 |
235.97 |
239.95 |
243.33 |
266.7 |
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Scottish Green |
Bruce Fummey |
3.7 |
169 |
169.75 |
171.72 |
175.92 |
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Independent |
Ron Rose |
0.39 |
18 |
18.86 |
22.27 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,564 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,142 Turnout: 4,642 (54.5%) |
Kinross-shire
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIND
- 2012-2017 Change:1xCon gain from IND
Kinross-shire - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Conservative |
Callum Purves |
26.73 |
1,642 |
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SNP |
Richard Watters |
19.03 |
1,169 |
1,171.77 |
1,224.77 |
1,253.02 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Willie Robertson (incumbent) |
17.29 |
1,062 |
1,104.51 |
1,128.76 |
1,235.76 |
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Independent |
Mike Barnacle (incumbent) |
12.16 |
747 |
759.07 |
777.07 |
807.07 |
813.07 |
814.7 |
1,272.92 |
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Independent |
Dave Cuthbert (incumbent) |
9.77 |
600 |
618.86 |
637.12 |
689.37 |
695.79 |
698.03 |
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Conservative |
John Ross |
7.96 |
489 |
803.91 |
807.15 |
831.18 |
832.08 |
833.3 |
907.43 |
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Labour |
David MacKenzie |
4.77 |
293 |
299.04 |
311.04 |
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Scottish Green |
Karen Grunwell |
2.31 |
142 |
143 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,144 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 6,203 (58.3%) |
Almond and Earn
- 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from IND
Almond and Earn - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
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Conservative |
Kathleen Baird (incumbent) |
42.08 |
1,724 |
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SNP |
Henry Anderson (incumbent) |
21.53 |
882 |
899.84 |
905.35 |
972.91 |
1,312.13 |
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Conservative |
David Illingworth |
17.5 |
717 |
1,324.36 |
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SNP |
Peter Glennie |
8.05 |
330 |
332.43 |
335.48 |
379.6 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Chris Rennie |
5.61 |
230 |
253.52 |
344.1 |
435.66 |
445.7 |
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Scottish Green |
Linda Buchan |
5.22 |
214 |
232.25 |
254.07 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,097 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,025 Turnout: 4,210 (55.2%) |
Perth City South
- 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 2xSNP;
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
Perth City South - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Liberal Democrats |
William Wilson (incumbent) |
34.66 |
2,417 |
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Conservative |
Michael Jamieson† |
25.2 |
1,757 |
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SNP |
Bob Band (incumbent) |
14.9 |
1,039 |
1,151.05 |
1,158.26 |
1,169.32 |
1,226.72 |
1,267.05 |
1,381.62 |
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SNP |
Sheila McCole |
10.81 |
754 |
828.42 |
831.92 |
837.24 |
904.96 |
944.39 |
1,083.36 |
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Labour |
Alistair Munro (incumbent) |
6.37 |
444 |
615.25 |
678.5 |
702.63 |
780.71 |
902.22 |
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Independent |
Susan Bathgate |
3.63 |
253 |
417.9 |
471.68 |
560.41 |
600.75 |
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Scottish Green |
Paul Vallot |
3.05 |
213 |
306.45 |
322.72 |
337.21 |
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Independent |
Damian Houston |
1.38 |
96 |
176.34 |
211.16 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,973 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,395 Turnout: 7,086 (55%) |
Perth City North
- 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lab
Perth City North - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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SNP |
Dave Doogan (incumbent) |
35.37 |
1,290 |
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Conservative |
Harry Coates |
25.58 |
933 |
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Labour |
Calum Gillies (incumbent) |
15.82 |
577 |
596.34 |
601.15 |
606.47 |
619.92 |
674.5 |
722.49 |
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SNP |
John Rebbeck |
13.16 |
480 |
797.63 |
798.15 |
799.44 |
817.98 |
836.76 |
870.49 |
1,047.4 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Philip Brown |
3.45 |
126 |
131.86 |
135.71 |
137.73 |
141.91 |
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Independent |
Elspeth MacLachlan (incumbent) |
3.1 |
113 |
118.57 |
120.01 |
124.05 |
188.88 |
213.64 |
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Independent |
Sam Finlayson |
2.5 |
91 |
97.45 |
99.45 |
119.88 |
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Independent |
Arthur Frater |
1.01 |
37 |
38.17 |
38.53 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,647 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 912 Turnout: 3,755 (41.1%) |
Perth City Centre
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xCon; 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
Perth City Centre - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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Conservative |
Chris Ahern |
32.75 |
1,763 |
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SNP |
Eric Drysdale |
19.99 |
1,076 |
1,091.17 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Peter Barrett (incumbent) |
19.28 |
1,038 |
1,313.87 |
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SNP |
Andrew Parrott (incumbent) |
14.08 |
758 |
763.06 |
780.22 |
792.2 |
792.21 |
809.79 |
895.96 |
1,086.4 |
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Labour |
Tricia Duncan |
8.81 |
474 |
554.93 |
627.55 |
628.32 |
633.9 |
668.24 |
739.77 |
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Scottish Green |
Fraser Hunter |
3.23 |
174 |
191.51 |
218.62 |
219.19 |
225.54 |
250.69 |
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Scotland Independent Network |
Ian Thomson |
1.45 |
78 |
132.08 |
152.44 |
152.56 |
173.49 |
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Independent |
David West |
0.41 |
22 |
44.57 |
54.84 |
54.87 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,383 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 5,512 (44.7%) |
Changes since 2017
- † On 25 September 2017, Perth City South Conservative Cllr Michael Jamieson resigned his seat having been found to be in possession of indecent images.[4] A by-election took place on 23 November 2017. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Audrey Coates.
- †† On 6 February 2018 Highland Conservative Cllr Ian Campbell died suddenly.[5] A by-election was held on 19 April 2018 and was won by the Conservative candidate John Duff.
By-elections since 2017
Perth City South By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat[6] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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SNP |
Pauline Leitch |
32.1 |
1,780 |
1,781 |
1,813 |
1,883 |
2,227 |
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Conservative |
Audrey Coates |
31.2 |
1,734 |
1,738 |
1,744 |
1,762 |
2,381 |
2,863 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Liz Barrett |
28.8 |
1,597 |
1,601 |
1,627 |
1,733 |
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Labour |
Tricia Duncan |
5.7 |
314 |
319 |
332 |
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Scottish Green |
Elspeth MacLachlan |
1.8 |
102 |
105 |
332 |
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Independent |
Denise Baykal |
0.5 |
25 |
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Electorate: 12,998 Valid: 5,552 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 2,777 Turnout: 43.1% |
Highland By-election (19 April 2018) - 1 Seat[7] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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Conservative |
John Duff |
46.7 |
1,907 |
1,908 |
1,923 |
1,930 |
1,977 |
2,084 |
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SNP |
John Kellas |
35.9 |
1,466 |
1,467 |
1,472 |
1,509 |
1,594 |
1,712 |
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Independent |
Avril Taylor |
6.9 |
280 |
286 |
299 |
325 |
391 |
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Labour |
Jayne Ramage |
5.8 |
239 |
240 |
256 |
280 |
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Scottish Green |
Mary McDougall |
2.5 |
104 |
106 |
118 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Chris Rennie |
1.9 |
78 |
78 |
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Independent |
Denise Baykal |
0.3 |
12 |
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Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 4,086 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,044 Turnout: 56.2% |