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{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Perth and Kinross Council
| native_name        = Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann Rois
| native_name_lang   = gla
| coa_pic            = Coat of Arms of the Area Council of Perth and Kinross.svg
| coa_caption        = Coat of arms
| logo_pic           = Perth and Kinross Council logo.svg
| logo_caption       = Council logo 
| house_type         = Unitary authority
| jurisdiction       = Perth and Kinross
| term_limits        = 5 years
| foundation         = 
| leader1_type       = [[Provost (civil)|Provost]]
| leader1            = Xander McDade
| party1             = <br>[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| election1          = 25 May 2022
| leader2_type       = [[Local government in Scotland#Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2            = Grant Laing
| party2             = <br>[[Scottish National Party]]
| election2          = 25 May 2022
| leader3_type       = [[Chief Executive]]
| leader3            = Thomas Glen
| party3             = <!--Non-political role-->
| election3          = 1 November 2021<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Kathryn |title=New chief executive starts at Perth and Kinross Council |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/new-chief-executive-starts-perth-25327497 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Daily Record |date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
| seats              = 40 councillors
| structure1         = {{align|center|Results of the [[2022 Perth and Kinross Council election|2022]] election:}}[[File:PerthAndKinross2022Composition.svg|250px]]
| structure1_res     = 
| political_groups1  = 
;Administration
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish National Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish National Party]] (16)}}
Other parties:
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish Conservatives|Conservative]] (14)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] (4)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box| {{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (4)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish Labour}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish Labour|Labour]] (2)}}
| voting_system1     = [[Single transferable vote]]
| last_election1     = [[2022 Perth and Kinross Council election|5 May 2022]]
| next_election1     = 6 May 2027
| website            = {{URL|https://www.pkc.gov.uk}}
| session_room = Council Chambers, Perth.jpg
| session_res = 250
| meeting_place = [[2 High Street, Perth]], PH1{{nbsp}}5PH
}}

{{PoliticsScotland}}

'''Perth and Kinross Council''' ({{langx|gd|Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann Rois}}) is the [[Local government in Scotland|local authority]] for [[Perth and Kinross]], one of the 32 [[council areas of Scotland]]. The council has been under [[no overall control]] since 1999. It is based in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]].

==History==
A [[districts of Scotland|district]] called Perth and Kinross was created in 1975. Perth and Kinross District Council was one of three lower-tier authorities within the [[Tayside]] region, along with [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]] and [[Dundee]]. It was named after the two historical [[Shires of Scotland|counties]] of [[Perthshire]] and [[Kinross-shire]], the county councils of which had acted together as the 'Perth and Kinross Joint County Council' between 1930 and 1975.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929|year=1929|chapter=25|section=10|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=18972|page=165|date=16 March 1971|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref> The Perth and Kinross district created in 1975 covered the whole of pre-1975 Kinross-shire and the majority, but not all, of pre-1975 Perthshire.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>

The modern area and its council were created in 1996 under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], when the Tayside Regional Council was abolished and its functions passed to the three districts, which were reconstituted as council areas. There was also an adjustment to the boundary between Perth and Kinross and Dundee as part of the same reforms, with [[Longforgan]] being transferred from Dundee to Perth and Kinross.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|schedule=1|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>

==Political control==
The council has been under no overall control since 1999. Since the [[2022 Perth and Kinross Council election|2022 election]] the council has been led by a minority SNP administration .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amery |first=Rachel |title=Accusations of 'democratic outrage' as SNP take control of Perth and Kinross Council |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/3333741/perth-and-kinross-council-2/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The first election to Perth and Kinross District Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1975 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>

'''Perth and Kinross District Council'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} || 1975–1984
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1984–1992
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} || 1992–1996
|}

'''Perth and Kinross Council'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || 1996–1999
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1999–present
|}

===Leadership===
The [[leader of the council|leaders of the council]] since 1996 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://perth-and-kinross.cmis.uk.com/perth-and-kinross/Committees.aspx |website=Perth and Kinross Council |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| [[Bruce Crawford]] || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|1 Apr 1996 || align=right|May 1999
|-
| Jimmy Doig || {{party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=right|May 1999 || align=right|May 2007
|-
| Ian Miller || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|May 2007 || align=right|May 2017
|-
| Ian Campbell<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Rachel |title=Shock as council leader Ian Campbell dies |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/shock-council-leader-ian-campbell-11978067 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Daily Record |date=6 February 2018}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} || align=right|17 May 2017 || align=right|6 Feb 2018
|-
| Murray Lyle || {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} || align=right|7 Mar 2018 || align=right|5 May 2022
|-
| Grant Laing || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|25 May 2022 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the 2022 election, the composition of the council was:

{|class="wikitable"
!! colspan=2 | Party !! 2022 election 
|-
|{{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
|[[Scottish National Party]]|| 17 
|-
|{{party color cell|Scottish Conservatives}}
|[[Scottish Conservatives|Conservative]]|| 14 
|-
|{{party color cell|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}
|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] || 4 
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] || 4 
|-
|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour}}
|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] || 1 
|}

The next election is due in 2027.

== Elections ==
{{see also|:Category:Perth and Kinross Council elections}}
Elections to the council are held every five years. The [[2022 Perth and Kinross Council election|most recent poll]] was held in 2022, on Thursday 5 May. The next local election will be held in 2027.

As a result of the [[Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004]] and the recommendations put forth by the [[Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland]], there are twelve wards within the Perth and Kinross council area. The 2007 general election was the first to use the single transferable vote system of election and multi-member [[ward (politics)|ward]]s, each ward electing three or four councillors. This system was introduced as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and is designed to produce a form of [[proportional representation]].

===Wards===
[[File:Perth and Kinross UK ward map 2017 (blank).svg|thumb|Map of the area's wards (2017 configuration)]]
{{see also|:Category:Wards of Perth and Kinross}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ward<br>number
! Name
! Location
! Seats
|-
| 1
| [[Carse of Gowrie (ward)|Carse of Gowrie]]
| [[File:Carse of Gowrie.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 2
| [[Strathmore (ward)|Strathmore]]
| [[File:Strathmore.svg|100px]]
| 4
|-
| 3
| [[Blairgowrie and Glens (ward)|Blairgowrie and Glens]]
| [[File:Blairgowrie and Glens.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 4
| [[Highland (ward)|Highland]]
| [[File:Highlandward.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 5
| [[Strathtay (ward)|Strathtay]]
| [[File:Strathtay.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 6
| [[Strathearn (ward)|Strathearn]]
| [[File:Strathearn.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 7
| [[Strathallan (ward)|Strathallan]]
| [[File:Strathallan.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 8
| [[Kinross-shire (ward)|Kinross-shire]]
| [[File:Kinross-shire.svg|100px]]
| 4
|-
| 9
| [[Almond and Earn (ward)|Almond and Earn]]
| [[File:Almond and Earn.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 10
| [[Perth City South (ward)|Perth City South]]
| [[File:Perth City South.svg|100px]]
| 4
|-
| 11
| [[Perth City North (ward)|Perth City North]]
| [[File:Perth City North.svg|100px]]
| 3
|-
| 12
| [[Perth City Centre (ward)|Perth City Centre]]
| [[File:Perth City Centre.svg|100px]]
| 4
|}

==Premises==
The council meets and has its main offices at [[2 High Street, Perth|2 High Street]] in Perth, on the corner with [[Tay Street]], which had been built in 1901 as the headquarters of [[General Accident]]. The main public enquiries reception is at the nearby Pullar House at 36 [[Mill Street (Perth, Scotland)|Mill Street]], which was formerly the business premises of [[J. Pullar and Sons]]. The council also uses the former [[Municipal Buildings, Perth|Municipal Buildings]] on High Street, completed in 1881 for the old burgh council of Perth. It also has area offices in [[Auchterarder]], [[Blairgowrie and Rattray|Blairgowrie]], [[Crieff]] and [[Pitlochry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Offices and opening hours |url=https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/14712/Offices-and-opening-hours |website=Perth and Kinross Council |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.pkc.gov.uk Council website]

{{Scotland subdivisions}}
{{Wards of Perth and Kinross}}
{{Perth and Kinross elections}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Local authorities of Scotland]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Perth and Kinross]]
[[Category:Politics of Perth, Scotland]]


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