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Overall 2022 Result

Council-Wide Results

The loss of this historic stronghold in 2017 had been a blow to the SNP, but this time around they’ve bounced back. Their increase in votes outstrips their change in seats however, with just one more councillor bumping them up to 16. A substantial loss of votes for the Conservatives has knocked 3 off their tally to leave them with 14, whilst the Lib Dems maintain their position as third party without any real change.

The two other net Conservative losses therefore went to Independents, who’ve gone up one to 4, and to Labour, who’ve now got a second councillor. Though the Greens did increase their share (and remember they are absent in two wards), it was far from repeating their Holyrood result of placing third here, and didn’t elect any councillors.

Administration

After the election, the SNP announced their intention to form a minority administration, with the consent of the Independent councillors. They will not form part of the administration.

Interactive Map

Overview

Perth and Kinross is what it says the tin – a merger of the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire, though Perthshire was shorn of a large chunk of its southeast when this district was created in the 1970’s. Perth, the Fair City, is the urban anchor for what is otherwise a massive rural stretch at the very centre of the country, encompassing both lowland and highland areas. Perthshire was historically such a big chunk of Scotland that it’s known as “the Big County”, contrasting with the neighbouring “Wee County” of Clackmannanshire.

In common with largely rural, farming-heavy counties across Scotland, for much of the 20th century this area was heavily Conservative leaning. Over time they were increasingly challenged by the SNP, who held a seat here for 5 years after the October 1974 election, before they more firmly established themselves via a 1995 by-election. SNP representation has been the norm in both parliaments since, though the southern portion was part of a Labour seat at Westminster from 2005 to 2015, then in Conservative hands briefly from 2017 to 2019. The north came close to flipping in 2017 as well, having been a bawhair thin majority of 21 votes for the SNP.

Throughout the district council era, the Conservatives were the largest party, though without a majority in 1984 and 1988. The SNP won a majority at the first unitary election here, then held a plurality at the following two, when the Conservatives began to bounce back from their nadir.

Previous STV Elections

2007
2012
2017

Individual Ward Results

Carse of Gowrie (Ward 1)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🔴Labour: Alasdair Bailey
🔵Conservative: Angus Forbes
🟡SNP: Ken Harvey
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 56.6%
Electorate: 8157
Valid: 4547 (98.4%)
Spoiled: 72 (1.6%)
Quota: 1137

Candidates

🔴Labour: Alasdair Bailey
🟠Lib Dem: Lindsay Easton
🔵Conservative: Angus Forbes
🟡SNP: Ken Harvey
🟢Green: Roger Humphry
🟡SNP: John Kellas
🟣Family: Don Marshall
🔵Conservative: Mac Roberts

Carse of Gowrie: First Preferences
Carse of Gowrie: Transfers
Carse of Gowrie: Results by Polling District
Carse of Gowrie: Second Preferences
Carse of Gowrie: Two-Candidate Preferred

Strathmore (Ward 2)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Grant Stewart
Independent: Colin Stewart
🔵Conservative: Hugh Anderson
🟡SNP: Jack Welch
Change vs 2017: +1 SNP, +1 Independent, -1 Lib Dem, -1 Conservative (Colin Stewart elected as a Conservative in 2017)
Turnout: 54.7%
Electorate: 12583
Valid: 6764 (98.3%)
Spoiled: 117 (1.7%)
Quota: 1353

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Hugh Anderson
🟢Green: Jill Belch
🟠Lib Dem: Violet Iwanio
🔵Conservative: Dennis Melloy
Independent: Colin Stewart
🟡SNP: Grant Stewart
🟡SNP: Jack Welch

Strathmore: First Preferences
Strathmore: Transfers
Strathmore: Results by Polling District
Strathmore: Second Preferences
Strathmore: Two-Candidate Preferred

Blairgowrie and Glens (Ward 3)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🔵Conservative: Caroline Shiers
🟡SNP: Tom McEwan
🔵Conservative: Bob Brawn
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 52.2%
Electorate: 9188
Valid: 4662 (97.3%)
Spoiled: 131 (2.7%)
Quota: 1166

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Bob Brawn
🟠Lib Dem: Gordon Clark
🔴Labour: Pauline Hunter
🟡SNP: Harry MacFadyen
🟡SNP: Tom McEwan
🟣Family: Jack Murphy
Independent: Bernard Noonan
🟢Green: Louise Ramsay
🔵Conservative: Caroline Shiers

Blairgowrie and Glens: First Preferences
Blairgowrie and Glens: Transfers
Blairgowrie and Glens: Results by Polling District
Blairgowrie and Glens: Second Preferences
Blairgowrie and Glens: Two-Candidate Preferred

Highland (Ward 4)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🔵Conservative: John Duff
Independent: Xander McDade
🟡SNP: Michael Williamson
Change vs 2017: No change
Electorate: 7674
Turnout: 58.8%
Valid: 4455 (98.7%)
Spoiled: 57 (1.3%)
Quota: 1114

Candidates

🔵Conservative: John Duff
🔴Labour: Paula Hunter
Independent: Xander McDade
🟢Green: Mary McDougall
🟠Lib Dem: Barry McMahon
🔵Conservative: Rhona Metcalfe
🟡SNP: Sally Murray
🟡SNP: Michael Williamson

Highland: First Preferences
Highland: Transfers
Highland: Results by Polling District
Highland: Second Preferences
Highland: Two-Candidate Preferred

Strathtay (Ward 5)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Grant Laing
🔵Conservative: Ian James
🟠Lib Dem: Claire McLaren
Change vs 2017: +1 Lib Dem, -1 Conservative
Turnout: 53.3%
Electorate: 9890
Valid: 5159 (97.8%)
Spoiled: 115 (2.2%)
Quota: 1290

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Ian James
🔵Conservative: Anne Jarvis
🟡SNP: Malenie Kinney
🟡SNP: Grant Laing
🟠Lib Dem: Claire McLaren

Strathtay: First Preferences
Strathtay: Transfers
Strathtay: Results by Polling District
Strathtay: Second Preferences
Strathtay: Two-Candidate Preferred

Strathearn (Ward 6)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
Independent: Rhona Brock
🟡SNP: Stewart Donaldson
🔵Conservative: Noah Khogali
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 52.4%
Electorate: 8672
Valid: 4466 (98.2%)
Spoiled: 82 (1.8%)
Quota: 1117

Candidates

Independent: Rhona Brock
🟠Lib Dem: Julia Brown
Independent: Roger Cartwright
🟡SNP: Stewart Donaldson
🔵Conservative: Noah Khogali
🟡SNP: David West

Strathearn: First Preferences
Strathearn: Transfers
Strathearn: Results by Polling District
Strathearn: Second Preferences
Strathearn: Two-Candidate Preferred
Strathearn: Two-Party Preferred

Strathallan (Ward 7)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🔵Conservative: Keith Allan
🔵Conservative: Crawford Reid
🟡SNP: Steven Carr
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 51.5%
Electorate: 9543
Valid: 4785 (97.3%)
Spoiled: 131 (2.7%)
Quota: 1197

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Keith Allan
🟡SNP: Steven Carr
🟠Lib Dem: Neil Gaunt
🟢Green: Andrew Lear
🔵Conservative: Crawford Reid
🟡SNP: Catherine Scott

Strathallan: First Preferences
Strathallan: Transfers
Strathallan: Results by Polling District
Strathallan: Second Preferences
Strathallan: Two-Candidate Preferred

Kinross-shire (Ward 8)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Richard Watters
🟠Lib Dem: Willie Robertson
🔵Conservative: Neil Freshwater
Independent: Dave Cuthbert
Change vs 2017: No partisan change (Dave Cuthbert replaces retiring Mike Barnacle)
Turnout: 55.1%
Electorate: 11806
Valid: 6432 (99.0%)
Spoiled: 68 (1.0%)
Quota: 1287

Candidates

🔴Labour: Graham Cox
Independent: Dave Cuthbert
🟢Green: Pat Doran
🔵Conservative: Neil Freshwater
🟣Family: Gerald O’Connell
🟠Lib Dem: Willie Robertson
🔵Conservative: George Stirling
🟡SNP: Richard Watters

Kinross-shire: First Preferences
Kinross-shire: Transfers
Kinross-shire: Results by Polling District
Kinross-shire: Second Preferences
Kinross-shire: Two-Candidate Preferred

Almond and Earn (Ward 9)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Michelle Frampton
🔵Conservative: David Illingworth
🔵Conservative: Frank Smith
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 50.2%
Electorate: 7985
Valid: 3960 (98.9%)
Spoiled: 45 (1.1%)
Quota: 991

Candidates

🟤UKIP: Lynda Davis
🟡SNP: Michelle Frampton
🔵Conservative: David Illingworth
🟠Lib Dem: Tina Ng-A-Mann
🔵Conservative: Frank Smith
🟢Green: Paul Vallot

Almond and Earn: First Preferences
Almond and Earn: Transfers
Almond and Earn: Results by Polling District
Almond and Earn: Second Preferences
Almond and Earn: Two-Candidate Preferred

Perth City South (Ward 10)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟠Lib Dem: Liz Barrett
🟡SNP: Iain MacPherson
🔵Conservative: Andy Chan
🟡SNP: Sheila McCole
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 51.6%
Electorate: 13427
Valid: 6833 (98.7%)
Spoiled: 92 (1.3%)
Quota: 1367

Candidates

🟠Lib Dem: Liz Barrett
🔵Conservative: Andy Chan
🟢Green: Elspeth MacLachlan
🟡SNP: Iain MacPherson
🟡SNP: Sheila McCole
🔵Conservative: Calum Milne
🔴Labour: Kirsten Roper

Perth City South: First Preferences
Perth City South: Transfers
Perth City South: Results by Polling District
Perth City South: Second Preferences
Perth City South: Two-Candidate Preferred

Perth City North (Ward 11)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Ian Massie
🟡SNP: John Rebbeck
🔴Labour: Brian Leishman
Change vs 2017: +1 Labour, -1 Conservative
Electorate: 9041
Turnout: 39.3%
Valid: 3457 (97.3%)
Spoiled: 95 (2.7%)
Quota: 865

Candidates

Alba: Alan Black
🟠Lib Dem: James Graham
🔴Labour: Brian Leishman
🟡SNP: Ian Massie
🟢Green: Ronnie McNeil
🟡SNP: John Rebbeck
🔵Conservative: Aziz Rehman

Perth City North: First Preferences
Perth City North: Transfers
Perth City North: Results by Polling District
Perth City North: Second Preferences
Perth City North: Two-Candidate Preferred

Perth City Centre (Ward 12)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Eric Drysdale
🟠Lib Dem: Peter Barrett
🟡SNP: Andrew Parrott
🔵Conservative: Chris Ahern
Change vs 2017: No change
Electorate: 12856
Turnout: 41.8%
Valid: 5257 (97.8%)
Spoiled: 116 (2.2%)
Quota: 1052

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Chris Ahern
🟠Lib Dem: Peter Barrett
🟡SNP: Eric Drysdale
🔴Labour: Scott Forsyth
Alba: Sandy Miller
🟡SNP: Andrew Parrott
🟢Green: Susannah Rae
Independent: Ian Thomson
🔵Conservative: Nick Tulloch

Perth City Centre: First Preferences
Perth City Centre: Transfers
Perth City Centre: Results by Polling District
Perth City Centre: Second Preferences
Perth City Centre: Two-Candidate Preferred

Data Notes