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- Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
- Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
- Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
- See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party SNP Scottish National Party | CandidatesJohn Swinney | Votes16,526 | 48.6% | Net percentage change in seats−12.3 |
| Party CON Scottish Conservatives | CandidatesMurdo Fraser | Votes13,190 | 38.8% | Net percentage change in seats+12.5 |
| Party LAB Scottish Labour | CandidatesAnna McEwan | Votes2,604 | 7.7% | Net percentage change in seats−1.3 |
| Party LD Scottish Lib Dems | CandidatesPeter Barrett | Votes1,705 | 5.0% | Net percentage change in seats+1.0 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
3,336Turnout
62.7%Constituency Profile
This is a beautiful part of Scotland which is popular with tourists and includes a host of famous place-names, including Pitlochry, Blair Atholl and Blairgowrie. The southern borders of the constituency near Perth are where most of the population lives. Further inland there are large forests, lochs and mountainous terrain. As a result, tourism, agriculture and forestry are the main industries here.
The eastern edges of Perth appear in the seat and its boundary hugs the coast along the Firth of Tay to just outside Invergowrie.
The SNP's John Swinney took the seat in the Scottish election of 1999, and held a dual mandate with his role as Tayside North MP until 2001. He was elected leader of the party in the autumn of 2000, following Alex Salmond's resignation and served in that post until 2004. Mr Swinney was re-elected to the Holyrood seat in 2003, 2007 and again in 2011.
