Editing Perth, Scotland (section)

===Representation===
Perth forms part of the [[United Kingdom constituencies|county constituency]] of [[Perth and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and Kinross-shire ]], electing one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system. [[Pete Wishart]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) is the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Perth and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and Kinross-shire]].<ref name="Pete Wishart MP">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/pete-wishart/1440 |title=Pete Wishart MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=27 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608180501/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/pete-wishart/1440 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

For the purposes of the [[Scottish Parliament]], Perth forms part of the constituencies of [[Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Perthshire North]] and [[Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Perthshire South and Kinross-shire]]. These two constituencies were created in 2011 as two of the nine constituencies within the [[Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Mid Scotland and Fife]] electoral region. Each constituency elects one [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and the region elects seven additional members to produce a form of proportional representation. Perthshire North is currently represented by [[John Swinney]]<ref name="John Swinney MSP">{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/John-Swinney-MSP.aspx |title=John Swinney MSP |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |access-date=27 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608175701/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/John-Swinney-MSP.aspx |archive-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]]) and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is currently represented by [[Jim Fairlie (MSP)|Jim Fairlie]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]]).