Angus (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 56°47′49″N 2°55′16″W / 56.797°N 2.921°W
Angus | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Angus in Scotland. | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Angus |
Major settlements | Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Kirstene Hair (Conservative) |
Created from |
East Angus North Tayside |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Angus is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 1997 general election, largely replacing East Angus.[1] As a result of boundary changes for the 2005 general election, the boundaries became quite different from those of the Angus Scottish Parliament constituency, which was created in 1999 and abolished in 2011.
The constituency is dominated by farmland, and includes the towns of Arbroath, Montrose, Brechin and Forfar.
Boundaries
1997-2005: The Angus District electoral divisions of Arbroath Central, Arbroath East, Arbroath North and Central Angus, Carnoustie East and Arbroath West, Carnoustie West, Montrose North, and Montrose South, and the City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Monifieth and Sidlaw.
2005–present: The Angus Council wards of Arbirlot and Hospitalfield, Arbroath North, Brechin North Esk, Brechin South Esk, Brechin West, Brothock, Cliffburn, Forfar Central, Forfar East, Forfar South, Forfar West, Harbour, Hayshead and Lunan, Keptie, Kirriemuir East, Kirriemuir West, Letham and Friockheim, Montrose Central, Montrose Ferryden, Montrose Hillside, Montrose West, and Westfield and Dean.
The constituency covers the Angus council area, minus an area round the Dundee City council area, which is divided between the Dundee East and Dundee West constituencies.
Major towns in the House of Commons constituency are Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, Kirriemuir and Montrose.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Andrew Welsh | Scottish National Party | |
2001 | Mike Weir | ||
2017 | Kirstene Hair | Conservative |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kirstene Hair | 18,148 | 45.2 | +16.2 | |
SNP | Mike Weir | 15,503 | 38.6 | -15.7 | |
Labour | William Campbell | 5,233 | 13.0 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Clive Sneddon | 1,308 | 3.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,645 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,192 | 63.0 | -4.6 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | +16.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Mike Weir | 24,130 | 54.2 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Derek Wann | 12,900 | 29.0 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Gerard McMahon | 3,919 | 8.8 | −8.4 | |
UKIP | Calum Walker | 1,355 | 3.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sanjay Samani | 1,216 | 2.7 | −8.0 | |
Scottish Green | David Mumford | 965 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,230 | 25.2 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,485 | 67.6 | +7.2 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Mike Weir | 15,020 | 39.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Alberto Costa | 11,738 | 30.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Kevin Hutchens | 6,535 | 17.2 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sanjay Samani | 4,090 | 10.8 | −6.7 | |
UKIP | Martin Gray | 577 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 3,282 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 37,960 | 60.4 | −0.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Mike Weir | 12,840 | 33.7 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Sandy Bushby | 11,239 | 29.5 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Douglas Bradley | 6,850 | 18.0 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Scott Rennie | 6,660 | 17.5 | +3.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Alan Manley | 556 | 1.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,601 | 4.2 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,145 | 60.5 | +6.4 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Mike Weir | 12,347 | 35.3 | −13.0 | |
Conservative | Marcus Booth | 8,736 | 25.0 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Ian McFatridge | 8,183 | 23.4 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Nield | 5,015 | 14.3 | +4.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bruce Wallace | 732 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,611 | 10.3 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,013 | 59.3 | −12.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Andrew Welsh | 20,792 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sebastian A.A. Leslie | 10,603 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Catherine Stihler | 6,733 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Dick B. Speirs | 4,065 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Referendum | Brian A. Taylor | 883 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,189 | 23.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,076 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) |
References
- ↑ "Political battle plans drawn in rural conflict". The Herald. 24 February 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election-snp-reselects-54-mps-1-4426658
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.angus.gov.uk/downloads/file/1262/angus_constituency_-_declaration_of_results
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election 2005; Result: Angus". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Vote2001: Results & Constituencies". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.