Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross 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 and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
Perthshire and Kinross-shire shared a joint county council from 1929 until 1975. The area formed a single local government district in 1975 within the Tayside region under the Local Government Act 1973, and was then reconstituted as a unitary authority in 1996 by the Local Government etc. Act 1994.City
Places of interest
- Arndean House
- Ashintully Castle
- Atholl Country Life Museum
- Ben Lawers
- Blackhall Roman Camps
- Blair Atholl Mill
- Blair Castle
- Cateran Trail
- Cairngorms National Park
- Castle Menzies
- Clan Donnachaidh Centre
- Cluny House Gardens
- Dirnanean House
- Drummond Castle
- Edradour Distillery
- Forest of Atholl
- Fortingall Yew
- Glen Lyon
- Grampian Mountains
- Kindrogan House
- Lendrick Muir School
- Loch Earn
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Loch Rannoch
- Loch Tay
- Melville Monument
- Portmoak
- Rannoch Moor
- Strathearn
- Whitefield Castle
Council political composition
| Party | Councillors |
| Conservative | 17 |
| Scottish National Party | 15 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 |
| Independent | 3 |
| Labour | 1 |
On 18 September 2014, Perth and Kinross, voted strongly "No" in the Scottish Independence Referendum at 60.2% with an 86.9% turnout rate.
