Perth and Kinross Council ( gd, Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann Rois) is the

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council for the

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland ...

council area of

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. It employs around 6,000 people. The council was created in 1996, under the '' Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994'', when the Tayside

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was divided between three new

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areas: Perth and Kinross, Angus, and

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. The current Perth and Kinross council headquarters are located in Perth at 2 High Street, at

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, although many public enquiries and council services are handled from the nearby Pullar House at 36 Mill Street, the former business premises of J. Pullar and Sons.

Elections

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s to the council are held on a four-year cycle. The 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

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and the recommendations put forth by the

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, 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 wards, 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

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Political composition

Perth and Kinross UK ward map 2017 (blank)

The council is currently led by a minority SNP administration following from the

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections. 40 Councillors were elected from 12 multi-members electoral wards under the Single Transferable Vote electoral system. The Scottish Cons ...

References

External links

Council website
Local authorities of Scotland Organisations based in Perth and Kinross Politics of Perth, Scotland {{Scotland-gov-stub