UK general elections2015 › Perth and North Perthshire

Perth and North Perthshire — 2015

Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) was elected with 27,379 votes50.5% 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 27,37950.5%+0.5 ptsElected
2Alexander Stewart Conservative Party 17,73832.7%
3Scott Nicholson Labour Party 4,4138.1%
4Peter Barrett Liberal Democrats 2,0593.8%
5Louise Ramsay Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,1462.1%
6John Myles UK Independence Party 1,1102.0%
7Xander McDade Independent 3550.7%

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.