Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ochil and South Perthshire County constituency
Ochil and South Perthshire shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Gordon Banks
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Clackmannanshire/Perth and Kinross
EP constituency:	Scotland

Ochil and South Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created as a result of the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland^[1] and first used in the 2005 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 Notes and references 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross

The constituency was created to cover the Clackmannanshire council area and a southern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. Perth and North Perthshire was created, at the same time, to cover the rest of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Prior to the 2005 election, the council areas had been covered by the Angus, Ochil, Perth and North Tayside constituencies. The Perth constituency was entirely within the Perth and Kinross council area, the North Tayside constituency covered a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area and a northern portion of the Angus council area, the Angus constituency covered a small southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, a southern portion of the Angus council area, and northern portions of the Dundee City council area, and the Ochil constituency covered another southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, the whole of the Clackmannanshire council area and a southeastern portion of the Stirling council area.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Gordon Banks, Labour (2005–present)

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Ochil and South Perthshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Banks	14,645	31.4	−2.0
	Scottish National Party	Annabelle Ewing	13,957	29.9	−1.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Smith	10,021	21.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Whittingham	6,218	13.3	+2.8
	Scottish Green	George Baxter	978	2.1	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Iain Campbell	420	0.9	−0.9
	UK Independence	David Bushby	275	0.6	N/A
	Free Scotland Party	Maitland Kelly	183	0.4	N/A
Majority			688	1.5
Turnout			46,697	66.0	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

General Election 2001: Ochil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O’Neill	16,004	45.3	+0.3
	Scottish National Party	Keith Brown	10,655	30.2	−4.2
	Conservative	Alasdair Campbell	4,235	12.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edie	3,253	9.2	+4.0
	Scottish Socialist	Pauline Thomson	751	2.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Flash Gordon Approaching	405	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,349	15.1
Turnout			35,303	61.3	−16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Boundary Commission for Scotland website

[edit] See also

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