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Perth and Kinross: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Perth and Kinross Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000048.

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Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D council tax set by Perth and Kinross for 2026–27: £1,673.84 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band

Perth and Kinross: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
Band	A year
A	£1,115.89
B	£1,301.88
C	£1,487.86
D	£1,673.84
E	£2,199.24
F	£2,719.99
G	£3,277.94
H	£4,100.91

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Perth and Kinross reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

Perth and Kinross: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education	£231.2 million
Culture and related services	£22.9 million
Social work	£153.5 million
Roads and transport	£17.0 million
Road bridges	none budgeted
Environmental services	£23.2 million
Building, planning and development	£9.1 million
Central services	£13.5 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)	£11.4 million
Trading services	£73,000
Total net revenue expenditure	£481.9 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Life in Perth and Kinross: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Perth and Kinross.

People living here: 154,930 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 48 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £27,182 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £619 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 13.3% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 2.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £231,646 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women: 66.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 65.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 7.6 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 55.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 363.3 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 5,670 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Perth and Kinross from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

40 seats in 2026. Run by: SNP, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Scottish National Party (SNP) 16, Conservative and Unionist 12, Independent / Other 6, Liberal Democrats 5, Labour Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward

David Illingworth (Conservative and Unionist) — Almond and Earn
Frank Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Almond and Earn
Michelle Frampton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Almond and Earn
Bob Brawn (Conservative and Unionist) — Blairgowrie and Glens
Caroline Shiers (Conservative and Unionist) — Blairgowrie and Glens
Tom McEwan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Blairgowrie and Glens
Alasdair Bailey (Labour Party) — Carse of Gowrie
Angus Forbes (Conservative and Unionist) — Carse of Gowrie
Ken Harvey (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Carse of Gowrie
John Duff (Conservative and Unionist) — Highland
Mike Williamson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Highland
Xander McDade (Independent / Other) — Highland
Dave Cuthbert (Independent / Other) — Kinross-shire
Neil Freshwater (Conservative and Unionist) — Kinross-shire
Richard Watters (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kinross-shire
Willie Robertson (Liberal Democrats) — Kinross-shire
Andrew Parrott (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City Centre
Chris Ahern (Conservative and Unionist) — Perth City Centre
Eric Drysdale (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City Centre
Peter Barrett (Liberal Democrats) — Perth City Centre
Carol Mair (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City North
Ian Massie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City North
John Rebbeck (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City North
Andy Chan (Independent / Other) — Perth City South
Iain MacPherson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City South
Liz Barrett (Liberal Democrats) — Perth City South
Sheila McCole (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Perth City South
Alan Watt (Liberal Democrats) — Strathallan
Keith Allan (Conservative and Unionist) — Strathallan
Steven Carr (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Strathallan
Noah Khogali (Conservative and Unionist) — Strathearn
Rhona Brock (Independent / Other) — Strathearn
Stewart Donaldson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Strathearn
Colin Stewart (Independent / Other) — Strathmore
Grant Stewart (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Strathmore
Hugh Anderson (Conservative and Unionist) — Strathmore
Jack Welch (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Strathmore
Claire McLaren (Liberal Democrats) — Strathtay
Grant Laing (Independent / Other) — Strathtay
Ian James (Conservative and Unionist) — Strathtay

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Cite this page

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