Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus
Former county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Angus shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaAngus (part)
Dundee City (part)
Perth and Kinross (part)
Replaced byAngus North and Mearns,
Angus South

Angus was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the Angus council area was covered by two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South

Electoral region

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Until 2011 the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covered Aberdeenshire, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of Angus, a small part of Moray and a small part of Perth and Kinross.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

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The Angus constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to major alterations.

The Holyrood constituency covered a southern portion of the Angus council area, north-eastern and north-western portions of the Dundee City council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. The rest of the Angus council area was covered by the North Tayside constituency. The rest of the City of Dundee area was covered by the Dundee West and Dundee East constituencies, and the rest of the Perth and Kinross area was covered by the North Tayside constituency, the Perth constituency and the Ochil constituency. The North Tayside, Perth and Ochil constituencies were all within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Boundary review

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Following the First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, Angus was split into two newly drawn seats in time for the election in 2011. Thus, it became Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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The constituency was represented for its entirety by the Scottish National Party MSP Andrew Welsh.

Election Member Party
1999 Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party
2011 constituency abolished: replaced by Angus South

Election results

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Angus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Andrew Welsh 15,686 49.1 +4.6
Conservative Alex Johnstone 7,443 23.3 +1.3
Labour Doug Bradley 5,032 15.7 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Scott Rennie 3,799 11.9 −0.9
Majority 8,243 25.8 +3.4
Turnout 31,960 53.0 +3.9
SNP hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Angus[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Andrew Welsh 13,251 44.48 −2.0
Conservative Alex Johnstone 6,564 22.03 +1.3
Labour John Denning 4,871 16.35 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Dick Spiers 3,802 12.80 ±0.0
Scottish Socialist Bruce Wallace 1,301 4.37 New
Majority 6,687 22.45 −3.4
Turnout 29,787 49.15 −8.5
SNP hold Swing
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Angus[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Andrew Welsh 16,055 46.5 N/A
Conservative Ron Harris 7,154 20.7 N/A
Labour Ian McFatridge 6,914 20.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dick Spiers 4,413 12.8 N/A
Majority 7,893 25.8 N/A
Turnout 34,536 57.6 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 Election Results". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "2003 Election Results". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1999 Election Results". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2021.