Created 2005 European Parliament constituency Scotland Replaced by Ochil, Perth | Created from Ochil and Perth Member of parliament Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh | |
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Subdivisions of Scotland Clackmannanshire/Perth and Kinross | ||
Ochil and South Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was created for the 2005 general election as a result of the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
Boundaries
The Clackmannanshire council area; and the Perth and Kinross council wards of Comrie, Crieff North, Crieff South, Strathord and Logiealmond, Strathalmond, Earn, Auchterarder Mid Earn, Strathallan and Glendevon, Auchterarder Craig Rossie, Abernethy and Glenfarg, Milnathort and North Kinross, Kinross Town, and Kinross-shire.
The constituency was created to cover the Clackmannanshire council area and a southern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. Perth and North Perthshire was created, at the same time, to cover the rest of the Perth and Kinross council area.
Prior to the 2005 election, the council areas had been covered by the Angus, Ochil, Perth and North Tayside constituencies. The Perth constituency was entirely within the Perth and Kinross council area, the North Tayside constituency covered a northern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area and a northern portion of the Angus council area, the Angus constituency covered a small southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, a southern portion of the Angus council area, and northern portions of the Dundee City council area, and the Ochil constituency covered another southeastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area, the whole of the Clackmannanshire council area and a southeastern portion of the Stirling council area.