Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2005
Perth was a
constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918, 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005. From 1832 to 1918 it was a
burgh constituency . From 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005, it was a
county constituency . During each of the three periods it elected one
Member of Parliament (MP).
Boundaries
Boundaries 1832 to 1918
As created by the
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 , and first used in the
1832 general election , the constituency included the
burgh of
Perth and was one of two constituencies covering the
county of Perth . The other was the
Perthshire constituency (except that five detached
parishes of the county were within the
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire constituency
[1] ).
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
"From the North-western Corner of the North Inch, on the Right Bank of the River Tay, in a straight Line to the Bridge on the Mill Lead at the Boot of Balhousie; thence in a straight Line to the Bridge on the Glasgow Road over the Scouring Burn; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Corner of the Water Reservoir of the Dept; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Corner of the Friarton Pier on the River Tay; thence across the River Tay (passing to the South of the Friarton Island) to the Point at which the same is met by the Boundary of the respective Parishes of Kinfauns and Kinnoul; thence, Northward, along the Boundary of the Parish of Kinfauns to the Point at which the several Boundaries of the Properties of Kinfauns, Kinnoul, and Barnhill meet; thence in a straight Line to the North-eastern Corner of Lord Kinnoul's Lodge, at the Gate of Approach to Kinnoul Hill; thence in a straight Line to the North-eastern Corner of the Enclosure of the Lunatic Asylum; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Annatty Burn crosses the Blairgowrie Road; thence down the Annatty Burn to the Point at which the same joins the River Tay; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."
[2]
Prior to the 1832 general election, the county (including the detached parishes) had been covered by the Perthshire constituency and
Perth Burghs . Perth Burghs consisted of the burgh of Perth and burghs in the
county of Fife and the
county of Forfar .
The 1832 boundaries of the Perth constituency were used also in the
general elections of
1835 ,
1837 ,
1841 ,
1847 ,
1852 ,
1857 ,
1859 ,
1865 ,
1868 ,
1874 and
1880 .
The
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided the Perthshire constituency to create
Eastern Perthshire and
Western Perthshire . There was no change to the boundaries of the Perth constituency.
[1] Therefore, the 1832 boundaries of the Perth constituency were used again in the general elections of
1885 ,
1886 ,
1892 ,
1895 ,
1900 ,
1906 ,
January 1910 and
December 1910 .
Boundaries 1918 to 1950
By 1918
county boundaries had been redefined under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and, in creating new constituency boundaries, the
Representation of the People Act 1918 took account of new
local government boundaries. The Perth constituency became one of two
county constituencies covering the county of Perth and the
county of Kinross , and was first used as such in the
1918 general election . The other constituency was
Kinross and West Perthshire .
The Perth constituency was defined as consisting of the burghs of
Abernethy ,
Alyth ,
Blairgowrie ,
Coupar Angus ,
Perth , and
Rattray in the county of Perth and the Blairgowrie and Perth districts of the county,
[1] and the same boundaries were used for the general elections of
1922 ,
1923 ,
1924 ,
1929 ,
1931 ,
1935 and
1945 .
For the
1950 general election the constituency was replaced by the
Perth and East Perthshire constituency, which was defined by the
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 to have exactly the same boundaries as the former Perth constituency.
[1]
1997 to 2005
For the
1997 general election Perth was recreated, and was a constituency entirely within the
Perth and Kinross council area , which had been established the year before, under the
Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 .
[3] The
council area was otherwise covered by
North Tayside to the north, which also covered part of the
Angus council area ,
Angus to the east, which also covered part of the Angus council area and part of the
Dundee City council area , and
Ochil to the south, which also covered the
Clackmannanshire council area and part of the
Stirling council area .
The same boundaries were used for the
2001 general election .
For the
2005 general election , the Perth constituency was largely replaced by
Ochil and South Perthshire , covering the Clackmannanshire council area and a southern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
Perth and North Perthshire was created to cover the rest of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[4]
Constituency profile
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1918
MPs 1918–1950
MPs 1997–2005
Election results
1832 to 1918
Kinnaird's resignation caused a by-election.
Maule was appointed
Secretary at War , requiring a by-election.
Maule was appointed
President of the Board of Control , requiring a by-election.
Maule succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Panmure and causing a by-election.
Kinnaird succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Kinnaird.
Wallace
1918 to 1950
William Young
1930s
1940s
1997 to 2005
Notes and references
^
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Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (
ISBN
0-900178-09-4 ), F. W. S. Craig 1972
^ Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, Schedule (M).
^
Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 , Office of Public Sector Information website
^
"Fifth Periodical Review" .
Boundary Commission for Scotland . Archived from
the original on 9 October 2007.
^
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c
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
^ Craig, FWS (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 558–559.
ISBN
0-900178-26-4 .
^ Craig, FWS (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 518.
ISBN
0-900178-27-2 .
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i Smith, Henry Stooks (1842).
The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 209.
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b Churton, Edward (1838).
The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838 . p. 137.
^
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b Crosby, Travis L. (1997).
The Two Mr. Gladstones: A Study in Psychology and History . New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 163.
ISBN
0-300-06827-1 .
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"Perthshire Courier" . 3 August 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^
"Perth City Election" . The Pilot . 21 August 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Carlisle Patriot" . 24 August 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"The Late Whig Election Dinner" . Perthshire Courier . 22 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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"Perthshire Courier" . 24 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Beckett, Ian F. W.; Gooch, John, eds. (1981).
Politicians and defence: Studies in the Formulation of British Defence Policy . Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 178.
ISBN
0-7190-0818-2 .
^ Waugh, Alexander Sandy (Autumn 2009).
"United Kingdom general election, 1841" (PDF) . Journal of Liberal History . 64 : 43. Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ Craig, FWS (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 643.
ISBN
0-900178-06-X .
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Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
978-1-349-02349-3 .
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"City Election" . Perthshire Courier . 20 July 1837. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"City of Perth" . Inverness Courier . 7 July 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
^
"Representation of Perth" .
Dundee Courier . 31 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"The Representation of Perth: The Candidature of Mr Alexander Mackie" .
Dundee Courier . 14 January 1878. p. 7. Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Nominations" .
Dundee Courier . 2 April 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 9 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1889
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i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
9781349022984 .
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Whitaker's Almanack 1893
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
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Whitaker's Almanack 1907
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Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1916
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1920
^ The Times, 17 November 1922
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ The Times, 8 December 1923
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b Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
^ The Times , 18 April 1935
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
^
"Election Data 1997" .
Electoral Calculus . Archived from
the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 .
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VOTE 2001 , BBC
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"Election Data 2001" .
Electoral Calculus . Archived from
the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 .
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