Perth and North Perthshire
2010 Results:
Conservative: 14739 (30.54%)
Labour: 7923 (16.41%)
Liberal Democrat: 5954 (12.34%)
SNP: 19118 (39.61%)
Others: 534 (1.11%)
Majority: 4379 (9.07%)
2005 Results:
SNP: 15469 (33.7%)
Conservative: 13948 (30.4%)
Labour: 8601 (18.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 7403 (16.1%)
Other: 509 (1.1%)
Majority: 1521 (3.3%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election: Name of seat changed from Perth.
2001 Result
Conservative: 11189 (29.6%)
Labour: 9638 (25.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4853 (12.8%)
SNP: 11237 (29.7%)
Other: 899 (2.4%)
Majority: 48 (0.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 13068 (29.3%)
Labour: 11036 (24.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 3583 (8%)
SNP: 16209 (36.4%)
Referendum: 366 (0.8%)
Other: 289 (0.6%)
Majority: 3141 (7.1%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Pete Wishart(SNP) (more information at They work for you)
Peter Lyburn (Conservative) Jamie Glackin (Labour) Peter Barrett (Liberal Democrat) Pete Wishart(SNP) (more information at They work for you)Douglas Taylor (Trust) Contested Western Isles 2001, Perth and North Perthshire 2005 for the Conservatives.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 89814
Male: 48%
Female: 52%
Under 18: 21.7%
Over 60: 24.5%
Born outside UK: 3.9%
White: 99%
Asian: 0.3%
Mixed: 0.2%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 65.4%
Graduates 16-74: 21.8%
No Qualifications 16-74: 31.2%
Owner-Occupied: 63.2%
Social Housing: 21.6% (Council: 17%, Housing Ass.: 4.7%)
Privately Rented: 10.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 6.9%
What’s the reasoning behind the Tory PPC from last time standing?
Good to know from Philip that the Tories have no ambitions to recruit any erstwhile Labour voter who might read the Daily Record. Of course Liability Lyburn’s antics have also been reported in The Courier, so there is a high level of local awareness of the crassness of this callow youth.
Coming through the rye, may I add that the quote I used was one made by another contributor.
Lets throw a spanner in the works.Could Tories win here?Frankly I dont expect it but will local opinion agree or disagree with me.1500 doesn’t strike me as a safe seat for SNP.
I live in the area, and it has all been very low key. I think SNP hold.
Its not impossible for them to win here, but I’d imagine that unless something spectacular happens the SNP will hold on here and may even increase their maj. slightly.
Was speaking to someone who live in the constiuency. The conservative mantra of “time for a change” is not connecting with people here, or in much of the rest of Scotland it seems. I think the only thing they might rely on is angst against the SNP in power at holyrood – but then I think most folk realise thats what holyrood elections are for.
SNP HOLD
SNP hold with much the same majority.
The campaign’s been quite low key in P& NP, I’d expect the SNP to hold on with a reduced majority- something in the order of 500-1,000
Perth is a lot more conservative than most Conservative seats in England and by not voting for Cameron the electors here will keep it that way.
Was that meant to be a dig at the SNP Wolf? It’s a load of nonsense if it is – it was the LDs who formed a coalition with the tories, not the SNP, and it was Labour who supported the Iraq War, replacing Trident, Nuclear Power and ID cards, not the SNP.
Anyway, a satisfactory result here showing that the anti-tory vote in Scotland will collapse to the incumbent if they need to, and in this instance they felt they did. This election wasn’t a referendum on the SNP government, as Labour claim, but a referendum on who they want running WESTMINSTER, and obviously people did not want the tories in government after the last time.