Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Angus Scottish Parliament county constituency


Angus shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Andrew Welsh
Party:	Scottish National Party
Council area:	Angus (part) Dundee City (part) Perth and Kinross (part)

Angus is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries and council areas
3 Member of the Scottish Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

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

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council areas

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 covers 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 is covered by the North Tayside constituency. The rest of the City of Dundee area is covered by the Dundee West and Dundee East constituencies, and the rest of the Perth and Kinross area is covered by the North Tayside constituency, the Perth constituency and the Ochil constituency. The North Tayside, Perth and Ochil constituencies are all within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

The constituency is currently represented by Scottish Nationalist MSP Andrew Welsh.

	Member	Party	Took office	Left office
	Andrew Welsh	SNP	1999	present

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Andrew Welsh	15,686	49.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	7,443	23.3	+1.3
	Labour	Doug Bradley	5,032	15.7	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Rennie	3,799	11.9	-0.9
Majority			8,243	25.8
Turnout			31,960	53.0	+3.8
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Andrew Welsh	13,251	44.48	-2.01
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	6,564	22.03	+1.32
	Labour	John Denning	4,871	16.35	-3.67
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Spiers	3,802	12.76	-0.02
	Scottish Socialist	Bruce Wallace	1,301	4.37	+4.37
Majority			6,687	22.45	-3.32
Turnout			29,787	49.15	-8.51
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing	N/A

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Andrew Welsh	16,055	46.49	-1.78
	Conservative	Ron Harris	7,154	20.71	-3.90
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	6,914	20.02	+4.39
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Spiers	4,413	12.78	-7.66
Majority			7,893	32.40	N/A
Turnout
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

Politics of Dundee

v • d • e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts · Coatbridge and Chryston · Cumbernauld and Kilsyth · East Kilbride · Falkirk East · Falkirk West · Hamilton North and Bellshill · Hamilton South · Kilmarnock and Loudoun · Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland · Glasgow Baillieston · Glasgow Cathcart · Glasgow Govan · Glasgow Kelvin · Glasgow Maryhill · Glasgow Pollok · Glasgow Rutherglen · Glasgow Shettleston · Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber · Moray · Orkney · Ross, Skye and Inverness West · Shetland · Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh West · Linlithgow · Livingston · Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife · Dunfermline East · Dunfermline West · Kirkcaldy · North East Fife · North Tayside · Ochil · Perth · Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central · Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Dundee West · Gordon · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Cunninghame South · Dumfries · East Lothian · Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley North · Paisley South · Strathkelvin and Bearsden · West Renfrewshire