UK general elections › 2015 › Perth and North Perthshire

Perth and North Perthshire — 2015

Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) was elected with 27,379 votes— 50.5% of 54,200 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,200

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Pete Wishart Scottish National Party 27,379+0.5 ptsElected
2Alexander Stewart Conservative Party 17,738—
3Scott Nicholson Labour Party 4,413—
4Peter Barrett Liberal Democrats 2,059—
5Louise Ramsay Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,146—
6John Myles UK Independence Party 1,110—
7Xander McDade Independent 355—

Electorate 72,459 · Turnout 74.8% · Majority 9,641 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.