Perth and Kinross Council elections

Perth and Kinross Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	SNP	Conservative	Liberal[a]	Labour	Independent
1974	0	16	0	4	9
1977	2	19	0	3	5
1980	1	19	1	5	3
1984[b]	1	14	4	6	4
1988	8	12	2	5	2
1992	5	16	2	3	3

1. SDP–Liberal Alliance in 1984, Liberal Democrats from 1988 onwards.
2. New ward boundaries.^[1]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Perth Independent Candidates Party	Independent
1995	18	2	5	6	0	1
1999[a]	15	11	6	6	0	3
2003	15	10	9	5	0	2
2007[b]	18	12	8	3	0	0
2012	18	10	5	4	1	3
2017[c]	15	17	4	1	0	3
2022	16	14	4	2	0	4

1. New ward boundaries.^[2]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries.^[3]

Results maps

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  2017 results map

By-elections

2007-2012

Highland By-Election 22 February 2008^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Katie Howie	59.9	1,891
	Conservative	Graham Rees	29.8	940
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kenton	7.3	229
	Labour	Anne Chatt	3.1	97
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,157   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,579   Turnout: 3,178

Strathallan By-Election 6 May 2010^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Tom Gray	30.3	1,555	1,569	1,769	2,299	3,302
	Conservative	John Blackie	33.4	1,713	1,724	1,785	2,208
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Gaunt	20.3	1,042	1,057	1,321
	Labour	Alistair Munro	14.7	754	762
	Independent	Chris Rennie	1.2	61
	SNP hold
Valid: 5,125   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 2,563.5   Turnout: 5,179

Highland By-Election 19 September 2011^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Mike Williamson	54.4	1,449
	Conservative	Graham Rees	22.4	596
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Clements	12.1	321
	Independent	William Leske	10.1	269
	Independent	Chris Rennie	1.0	27
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,662   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 2,685

2012-2017

Perth City Centre By-Election 7 May 2015^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Andrew Parrott	51.1	3,589
	Conservative	Chris Ahern	23.9	1,679
	Labour	Lorna Redford	13.4	939
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	10.0	701
	Independent	Ian Thomson	1.7	119
	SNP hold
Valid: 7,027   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 3,515   Turnout: 7,131

Almond and Earn By-Election 7 April 2016^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Conservative	Kathleen Baird	48.5	1,651	1,681	1,720
	SNP	Wilma Lumsden	38.4	1,327	1,334	1,370
	Labour	Dave MacKenzie	6.3	219	228	280
	Liberal Democrats	George Hayton	4.5	157	163
	UKIP	Denise Baykal	2.2	77
	Conservative gain from Independent
Valid: 3,431   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,716   Turnout: 3,450

2017-2022

Perth City South By-Election 23 November 2017^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Audrey Coates	31.2	1,734	1,738	1,744	1,762	2,381	2,863
	SNP	Pauline Leitch	32.1	1,780	1,781	1,813	1,883	2,227
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Barrett	28.8	1,597	1,601	1,627	1,733
	Labour	Tricia Duncan	5.7	314	319	332
	Green	Elspeth MacLachlan	1.8	102	105	332
	Independent	Denise Baykal	0.5	25
	Conservative hold
Valid: 5,552   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 2,777   Turnout: 5,607

Highland By-Election 19 April 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	John Duff	46.7	1,907	1,908	1,923	1,930	1,977	2,084
	SNP	John Kellas	35.9	1,466	1,467	1,472	1,509	1,594	1,712
	Independent	Avril Taylor	6.9	280	286	299	325	391
	Labour	Jayne Ramage	5.8	239	240	256	280
	Green	Mary McDougall	2.5	104	106	118
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Rennie	1.9	78	78
	Independent	Denise Baykal	0.3	12
	Conservative hold
Valid: 4,086   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 2,044   Turnout: 4,117

Perth City North By-Election 26 November 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Ian Massie	61.0	1,406
	Conservative	Aziz Rehman	22.9	528
	Labour	Nicola Ferry	9.5	220
	Liberal Democrats	James Graham	3.9	91
	Green	Paul Vallot	2.6	60
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,305   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 2,333

Perth City South By-Election 26 November 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Barrett	31.6	1,823	1,824	1,851	1,925	2,749	3,571
	SNP	Iain MacPherson	32.9	1,898	1,900	1,960	2,017	2,110
	Conservative	Andy Chan	29.4	1,698	1,705	1,713	1,729
	Labour	Tricia Duncan	3.5	204	205	224
	Green	Elspeth MacLachlan	2.3	135	136
	UKIP	Lynda Davis	0.3	18
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP
Valid: 5,776   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 2,889   Turnout: 5,827

Almond and Earn By-Election 25 March 2021^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Frank Smith	51.2	1,819
	SNP	Michelle Frampton	37.3	1,327
	Labour	Craig Masson	7.5	267
	Liberal Democrats	Claire McLaren	4.0	143
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 3,556   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1,779   Turnout: 3,573

2022-2027

Perth City North By-Election 26 September 2024^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Carol Mair	44.7	917	946	961	1,015	1,058
	Labour	Kirsten Nkwocha-Dyer	15.3	313	331	358	374	409
	Conservative	Aziz Rehman	14.4	296	297	316	323	365
	Reform UK	Sonia Davidson	10.2	209	213	220	234
	Alba	Robert Reid	6.5	133	139	145
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Ng-a-Mann	4.6	95	111
	Green	Caitlin Ripley	4.2	87
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 2,050   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 2,071

Strathallan By-Election 26 September 2024^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Watt	30.0	978	1,006	1,035	1,213	1,509	2,110
	Conservative	Amanda Runciman	32.1	1,045	1,049	1,123	1,169	1,206
	SNP	Catherine Scott	17.4	568	613	626	696
	Labour	Ken McCracken	11.2	366	382	388
	Reform UK	Ian Thomas	6.0	194	198
	Green	Nettie Sutherland	3.3	107
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,258   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 1,630   Turnout: 3,280