Perth and Kinross-shire parliamentary constituency

Member of Parliament

• Pete Wishart

  Scottish National Party (SNP)
  

Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.

MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.

MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

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The Perth and Kinross Council: Carse of Gowrie ward

Local Councillors

There are three local Councillors representing you.

• Alasdair Bailey

  Labour Party
  

• Angus Forbes

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Ken Harvey

  Scottish National Party (SNP)
  

Unitary authorities are responsible for services like:

• education
• transport
• planning
• fire and public safety
• social care
• libraries
• waste management
• trading standards
• rubbish collection
• recycling
• Council Tax collections
• housing
• planning applications

Understand how your council works

Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire North

• John Swinney

  Scottish National Party (SNP)
  

Members of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife

There are seven members of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife representing you.

• Claire Baker

  Labour Party
  

• Murdo Fraser

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Dean Lockhart

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Alex Rowley

  Labour Party
  

• Mark Ruskell

  Scottish Green Party
  

• Liz Smith

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Alexander Stewart

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

MSPs take part in examining and passing Bills (proposed laws). They represent you in the Scottish Parliament and your local area and they examine the work of the Scottish Government.

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