Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 2010s
Perth and North Perthshire was the third most marginal result in the United Kingdom and second most marginal result in Scotland at the 2017 general election, with incumbent SNP MP Pete Wishart seeing his majority cut from 9,641 votes (17.8%) to just 21 votes (0.0%) ahead of the Conservatives, although he did receive the highest number of votes for any SNP candidate.

Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 2010s
Table Section Text: Perth and North Perthshire was the third most marginal result in the United Kingdom and second most marginal result in Scotland at the 2017 general election, with incumbent SNP MP Pete Wishart seeing his majority cut from 9,641 votes (17.8%) to just 21 votes (0.0%) ahead of the Conservatives, although he did receive the highest number of votes for any SNP candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

SNP	Pete Wishart	27,379	50.5	+10.9

Conservative	Alexander Stewart	17,738	32.7	+2.2

Labour	Scott Nicholson	4,413	8.1	8.3

Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett	2,059	3.8	8.5

Scottish Green	Louise Ramsay	1,146	2.1	n/a

UKIP	John Myles	1,110	2.0	n/a

Independent	Xander McDade	355	0.7	n/a

Majority	9,641	17.8	+8.7

Turnout	54,200	74.8	+7.9

SNP hold	Swing	+4.3

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Wishart won a majority of 9,641 votes in Perth and North Perthshire.

final_sentence: Wishart won a majority of 9,641 votes in Perth and North Perthshire.