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Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Roseanna Cunningham
Council area Perth and Kinross
Created from Ochil,
Perth

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the constituency of Perth, was abolished and replaced by Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, North East Fife, Perthshire North and Stirling.


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