Editing Perthshire (section)

==Parliamentary constituencies==
Following the [[Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union]], Perthshire returned members to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1708.

===1707–1885===
*The Royal Burgh of Perth originally formed part of the [[Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth burghs]] constituency along with burghs in Fife and Forfarshire. The [[Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832]] made Perth a separate burgh constituency.
*The remainder of the county returned a single member as the parliamentary county of [[Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perthshire]]. The parishes of Tulliallan, Culross, Muckhart, and the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway were annexed to constituency of [[Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackmannanshire and Kinross]] in 1832.

===1885–1918===
In 1885 seats in the House of Commons were redistributed: Perthshire received three seats.
*Perth remained a burgh constituency.
*Perthshire Eastern
*Perthshire Western

===1918–1975===
In 1918 there was a further redistribution. Perthshire was combined with [[Kinross-shire]] to form a parliamentary county, divided into two constituencies:

*[[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]] constituency consisted of the burgh of Perth, the former Eastern constituency and part of the Western constituency. In 1950 it was renamed Perth and East Perthshire. The area included in the constituency was defined in 1948 and 1970 as the burghs of Perth, Abernethy, Alyth, Blairgowrie and Rattray and Coupar Angus; and the Eastern and Perth districts of the county of Perth.<ref name="PCorder">The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 No. 1680)</ref>
*[[Kinross and Western Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kinross and Western Perthshire]]: the constituency consisted of the entire County of Kinross, the burghs of Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Callander, Crieff, Doune, Dunblane and Pitlochry; and the Central, Highland and Western districts of the county of Perth.<ref name="PCorder"/>

These boundaries continued in use until 1983, when new constituencies were formed based on the Local Government regions and districts created in 1975.

=== 1975–2005 ===
Perthshire was represented in [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] from 1975 to 2005.
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=== 2005–present ===
Perthshire has two constituencies and two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]].

* [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]]
* [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and North Perthshire]]