Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 56°16′52″N 3°32′42″W / 56.281°N 3.545°W

Ochil and South Perthshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ochil and South Perthshire in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Clackmannanshire/Perth and Kinross
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (SNP)
Created from	Ochil and Perth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Ochil and South Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created for the 2005 general election as a result of the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.^[1]

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross

The Clackmannanshire council area; and the Perth and Kinross council wards of Comrie, Crieff North, Crieff South, Strathord and Logiealmond, Strathalmond, Earn, Auchterarder Mid Earn, Strathallan and Glendevon, Auchterarder Craig Rossie, Abernethy and Glenfarg, Milnathort and North Kinross, Kinross Town, and Kinross-shire.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	2005	Gordon Banks	Labour
	2015	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh	Scottish National Party

Election results

General Election 2015: Ochil and South Perthshire[3] [4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh	26,620	46.0	+18.4
	Labour	Gordon Banks	16,452	28.4	-9.5
	Conservative	Luke Graham	11,987	20.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Iliyan Stefanov	1,481	2.6	-8.8
	UKIP	Martin Gray	1,331	2.3	+0.9
Majority			10,168	17.6
Turnout			57,871	74.8	+7.6
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+13.9

General Election 2010: Ochil and South Perthshire[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Banks	19,131	37.9	+6.5
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing	13,944	27.6	-2.3
	Conservative	Gerald Michaluk	10,342	20.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graeme Littlejohn	5,754	11.4	-1.9
	UKIP	David Bushby	689	1.4	+0.8
	Scottish Green	Hilary Charles	609	1.2	-0.9
Majority			5,187	10.3
Turnout			50,469	67.2	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

General Election 2005: Ochil and South Perthshire[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Banks	14,645	31.4	−2.0
	SNP	Annabelle Ewing	13,957	29.9	−1.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Smith	10,021	21.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	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
	UKIP	David Bushby	275	0.6	N/A
	Free Scotland	Maitland Kelly	183	0.4	N/A
Majority			688	1.5
Turnout			46,697	66.0	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Predecessor seats

General Election 2001: Ochil[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin O’Neill	16,004	45.3	+0.3
	SNP	Keith Brown	10,655	30.2	−4.2
	Conservative	Alasdair Campbell	4,235	12.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

Notes and references

1. Boundary Commission for Scotland website
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. http://www.clacks.gov.uk/council/electionresults/?election=34 8Aug15
5. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/ochilandsouthperthshire/
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election 2005; Result: Ochil and South Perthshire". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.