Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Perthshire North
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Perthshire North shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	72,577 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	John Swinney
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Created from	North Tayside, Perth

Perthshire North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Perth and Kinross. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created for thee 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises areas that were formerly part of the constituencies of Angus, Perth and North Tayside, which were abolished.^[2] Since first created it has been held by John Swinney of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for North Tayside.