# Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency)

Perth and Kinross was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

## Boundaries

The Perth and Kinross constituency was largely a replacement for the Perth and East Perthshire constituency. As first used in the 1983 general election, it covered part of the region of Tayside, which had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as a region of three districts, including the district of Perth and Kinross. In 1997 the Perth and Kinross constituency was largely replaced by the Perth constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1983 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | Conservative | Previously MP for Kinross and West Perthshire from October 1974. Died in office February 1995 |
| | May 1995 by-election | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP | Subsequently MP for Perth from 1997 |
| 1997 | 1997 | constituency abolished: see Perth | constituency abolished: see Perth | constituency abolished: see Perth |

## Election results
### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Perth and Kinross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 17,888 | 40.2 | −3.6 |
| | SNP | Douglas Crawford | 11,155 | 25.1 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal | John Coutts | 10,997 | 24.7 | +15.2 |
| | Labour | Alistair Stuart | 4,414 | 9.9 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,733 | 15.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,454 | 72.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1987: Perth and Kinross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 18,716 | 39.6 | −0.6 |
| | SNP | Jim Fairlie | 13,040 | 27.6 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal | Stewart Donaldson | 7,969 | 16.9 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Jack McConnell | 7,490 | 15.9 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,676 | 12.0 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,215 | 74.4 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Perth and Kinross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Fairbairn | 20,195 | 40.2 | +0.6 |
| | SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 18,101 | 36.0 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Mervyn Rolfe | 6,267 | 12.4 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Black | 5,714 | 11.4 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,094 | 4.2 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,950 | 76.9 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
By-election 1995: Perth and Kinross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Roseanna Cunningham | 16,931 | 40.4 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Douglas Alexander | 9,620 | 22.9 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | John Godfrey | 8,990 | 21.4 | −18.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Linklater | 4,952 | 11.8 | +0.4 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 586 | 1.4 | New |
| | UKIP | Vivian T. Linacre | 504 | 1.2 | New |
| | Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 223 | 0.5 | New |
| | Scottish Conservatory and Unionist | Michael A. Halford | 88 | 0.2 | New |
| | Natural Law | Gary D. Black | 54 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,311 | 17.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41.948 | 61.7 | −14.8 |
| | SNP gain from Conservative | SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.6 | |