Strathtay (ward)

Strathtay is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alisdair Wylie (SNP)		John Kellas (SNP)		Barbara Vaughan (Conservative)
2012	Grant Laing (SNP)
2017			Anne Jarvis (Conservative)	Ian James (Conservative)
2022			Claire McLaren (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election^[2]

Strathtay - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Grant Laing (incumbent)	25.74%	1,328
	SNP	Melanie Kinney	20.72%	1,069	1,101.19	1,107.33	1,114.84
	Conservative	Ian James (incumbent)	18.84%	972	972.4	1,698.57
	Liberal Democrats	Claire McLaren	18.65%	962	964.92	1,020.06	1,231.26	1,821.09
	Conservative	Anne Jarvis (incumbent)	16.05%	828	828.54
Electorate: 9,890   Valid: 5,159   Quota: 1,290   Turnout: 53.3%

2017 Election

2017 Perth and Kinross Council election^[3]

Strathtay - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Anne Jarvis	25.28	1,307
	Conservative	Ian James	19.63	1,015	1,027.68	1,066.73	1,090.78	1,222.92	1,236.93
	SNP	Grant Laing (incumbent)	19.52	1,009	1,009.15	1,033.15	1,094.15	1,164.17	2,133.22
	SNP	John Kellas (incumbent)	18.28	945	945.13	955.13	1,018.13	1,112.13
	Labour	Frank Stevenson	8.96	463	463.28	510.32	593.34
	Green	Elspeth Coutts	4.24	219	219.12	277.16
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Linklater	4.1	212	212.18
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,170   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,293   Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%)

2012 Election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election^[4]

Strathtay - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Barbara Vaughan (incumbent)	31.44%	1,003
	SNP	John Kellas (incumbent)	28.78%	918
	SNP	Grant Laing	25.77%	822
	Labour	Anne Chatt	9.50%	303
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Henry Gaunt	4.51%	144
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,190   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 798   Turnout: 3,221 (%)

2007 Election

2007 Perth and Kinross Council election^[5]

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Strathtay

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Barbara Vaughan	32.7	1,400
	SNP	John Kellas	32.6	1,398
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Livingstone	17.4	747	892	930
	SNP	Alisdair Wylie	17.3	742	782	1,020	1,441
Electorate: 6,998   Valid: 4,287   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,072   Turnout: 62.40%