North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Scottish Parliament constituency

North Tayside was a former Scottish Parliament constituency in the Tayside region, represented in Holyrood from the Parliament’s creation in 1999 until its abolition and replacement by Perthshire North in 2011.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)	4
North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency) canonical	2
North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)	2
MSP for North Tayside	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5267018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Context triple: [Perthshire North, predecessor, North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)]

A. North East Scotland electoral region
The North East Scotland electoral region is a Scottish Parliament electoral region covering parts of the northeast of Scotland, including areas such as Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Angus.
B. Clackmannanshire North
Clackmannanshire North is an electoral ward in the council area of Clackmannanshire, Scotland, represented on the local authority for that region.
C. Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh North and Leith is a UK parliamentary constituency covering northern parts of Edinburgh, including the historic port district of Leith and surrounding urban areas.
D. Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, known for encompassing both central urban districts and more affluent residential areas.
E. Edinburgh West
Edinburgh West is a UK parliamentary constituency covering the western suburbs and surrounding areas of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Target entity description: North Tayside was a former Scottish Parliament constituency in the Tayside region, represented in Holyrood from the Parliament’s creation in 1999 until its abolition and replacement by Perthshire North in 2011.

A. North East Scotland electoral region
The North East Scotland electoral region is a Scottish Parliament electoral region covering parts of the northeast of Scotland, including areas such as Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Angus.
B. Clackmannanshire North
Clackmannanshire North is an electoral ward in the council area of Clackmannanshire, Scotland, represented on the local authority for that region.
C. Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh North and Leith is a UK parliamentary constituency covering northern parts of Edinburgh, including the historic port district of Leith and surrounding urban areas.
D. Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, known for encompassing both central urban districts and more affluent residential areas.
E. Edinburgh West
Edinburgh West is a UK parliamentary constituency covering the western suburbs and surrounding areas of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (20)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish Parliament constituency ⓘ
abolished	2011 ⓘ
containsArea	parts of Angus council area ⓘ parts of Perth and Kinross council area ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
created	1999 ⓘ
electoralSystem	first past the post ⓘ
endDate	2011-03-22 ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ linked to: North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
legislature	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd	Third Scottish Parliament ⓘ linked to: Scottish Parliament
parliamentaryTermStart	First Scottish Parliament ⓘ linked to: Scottish Parliament
partOfElectoralRegion	North East Scotland electoral region ⓘ
region	Tayside ⓘ
replacedBy	Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ linked to: North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
representedInParliamentFrom	1999 ⓘ
representedInParliamentUntil	2011 ⓘ
startDate	1999-05-06 ⓘ
status	abolished ⓘ
type	county constituency ⓘ

How these facts were elicited