Perth City South (ward)

Perth City South is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Robert Band (SNP)		Willie Wilson (Liberal Democrats)		Lorraine Caddell (Liberal Democrats)		Alexander Stewart (Conservative)
2012			Alistair Munro (Labour)
2017			Sheila McCole (SNP)		Michael Jamieson (Conservative)
2017 by-	Audrew Coates (Conservative)
2022	Iain Macpherson (SNP)	Liz Barrett (Liberal Democrats)		Andy Chan (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election

Perth City South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Barrett (incumbent)	33.88%	2,315
	SNP	Iain Macpherson	20.15%	1,377
	Conservative	Andy Chan	16.84%	1,151	1,419.22
	SNP	Sheila McCole (incumbent)	13.49%	922	1,044.85	1,046.23	1,055.39	1,243.90	1,257.02	1,489.86
	Conservative	Calum Milne	5.91%	404	483.85	524.41	524.44	542.62
	Labour	Kirsten Roper	5.63%	385	547.57	550.3	550.5	652.11	795.49
	Scottish Green	Elspeth McLachlan	4.08%	279	411.27	412.53	412.86
Electorate: 13,427   Valid: 6,833   Quota: 1,367   Turnout: 51.6%

2017 By-elections

Perth City South By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Pauline Leitch	32.1	1,780	1,781	1,813	1,883	2,227
	Conservative	Audrey Coates	31.2	1,734	1,738	1,744	1,762	2,381	2,863
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Barrett	28.8	1,597	1,601	1,627	1,733
	Labour	Tricia Duncan	5.7	314	319	332
	Scottish Green	Elspeth MacLachlan	1.8	102	105	332
	Independent	Denise Baykal	0.5	25
Electorate: 12,998   Valid: 5,552   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 2,777   Turnout: 43.1%

2017 Election

2017 Perth and Kinross Council election

Perth City South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	William Wilson (incumbent)	34.66	2,417
	Conservative	Michael Jamieson†	25.2	1,757
	SNP	Bob Band (incumbent)	14.9	1,039	1,151.05	1,158.26	1,169.32	1,226.72	1,267.05	1,381.62
	SNP	Sheila McCole	10.81	754	828.42	831.92	837.24	904.96	944.39	1,083.36
	Labour	Alistair Munro (incumbent)	6.37	444	615.25	678.5	702.63	780.71	902.22
	Independent	Susan Bathgate	3.63	253	417.9	471.68	560.41	600.75
	Scottish Green	Paul Vallot	3.05	213	306.45	322.72	337.21
	Independent	Damian Houston	1.38	96	176.34	211.16
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,973   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,395   Turnout: 7,086 (55%)

2012 Election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

Perth City South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	William Wilson (incumbent)	25.70%	1,288
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart (incumbent)	21.27%	1,066
	SNP	Bob Band (incumbent)	18.18%	911	936	938	957	998	1,468
	Labour	Alistair Munro	11.02%	552	568	572	605	669	694	757	937
	SNP	Murray Duncan	9.4%	471	486	488	511	546
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Caddell (incumbent)	5.73%	287	453	467	489	558	568	657
	Scottish Green	Alice Walsh	4.53%	227	237
	Independent	Iona MacGregor	4.17%	209	221	231
Electorate: -   Valid: 5,011   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,003   Turnout: 5,057 (%)

2007 Election

2007 Perth and Kinross Council election

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Wilson	29.8	1,789
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart	29.4	1,768
	SNP	Robert Band	17.2	1,033	1,063	1,087	1,122	1,564
	Labour	Jock Munro	13.3	796	836	881	916	938	968
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Caddell	10.3	618	867	991	1,049	1,085	1,156	1,573
	SNP	Andrew Gadsden	8.1	485	513	532	564
	Independent	Keith Mothersson	3.2	191	201	222
Electorate: 10,914   Valid: 6,680   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,337   Turnout: 61.94%